Mr. President by Maina wa Kinyatti You who have made yourself Proprietor of our history Defender of backward ideas We are you captives You can keep us in captivity As long as you wish You can murder us But you cannot succeed in suppressing Our revolutionary writings You cannot cage ideas You cannot murder ideas Ideas belong to the people In spite of your efforts The fire of revolution Will grow and spread From universities to factories From factories to the mountains From the forests to the river banks Your days are numbered 15 January 1987 Kamiti M.S. Prison