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I voted today in my motherland
After standing in scorching sun and sand
I voted today in my motherland
I used head and heart before my hand

I sorted the facts from the fiction
With wisdom and sound education
Noted the harmony and friction
In the run up to this election

Compared the past and present
In my community and beloved nation
But made the future more important
As I pondered with rapt attention

I questioned work, cost and contribution
Observed crime, claims and contrition
Researched each statement, policy and vision
Noted the best and worst in our nation

I questioned the wealth and starvation
Government contracts and indignation
In past and present administrations
Compared performance and proclamations

Vis-avis dreams and aspirations
Of teeming youth with no occupations
I sorted the truth from fabrication
And truth brought me to a calm decision.
I voted. I voted wisely.
Please vote too. And do it peacefully.
God bless; nothing less.