Dreadful Storm

                                    Dreadful Storm
By:Justin Maker

 O spirits of our ancestors,

hear the cries of your children.

A thunderstorm flashes—

a cruel streak across the sky,

shame etched in light.

The fat and powerful rejoice,

sheltered in mansions of concrete and V8's,

as the clouds roar with a fury that scars.

The old, the weak, the hungry, the sick—

they flinch beneath the sky’s terrible drum,

crackling rage unleashed mercilessly.

Lightning dances without pity;

floods rise, striking near orphaned souls

and animals, with nowhere left to run.

Wicked winds and waters lash the land,

tearing through huts and farms,

ripping trees into twisted mud.

There is no kindness in its path,

only the cold, unyielding resolution of force.

Wild winds howl,

rains pour like grief from heaven, storms thunder through a voiceless village— its hearts too exposed to bear the weight of the mother nature violence.

Children and elders, barefoot, forgotten,

stand knee-deep in muddy pools

at the gates of UNMISS camps,

as cruel laughter echoes,

blended with the scream of the storm—

a mockery of their misery.

Soaked and shivering, eyes full of loss,

they whisper:

"This is not the independence

they promised us."

O spirits of our ancestors,

hear the cries of your children.

Only to you we come—

only you can hold our tears

in the thunder’s wake.

Bankruptcy is always the second chance to reform

By:Justin Maker


In business world the best companies merge  out of bankruptcies very strong and successful only if their leaders value morals over profits. Morals sense create sustainable values to businesses and communities in other words values over times equals to sustainable growth while talent "education" over quick profit equals to bankruptcy. It's true that most of successful businesses are established by average people with strong believe in values.Take few examples of the most wealthiest companies in America; Walmart, Apple, Facebook, Koch brothers and etc they are all founded by average people with common goals of delivering value products to large society and in return they are rewarded for the value they have created and offered to society. 
Translation our country South Sudan after two years of senseless war is like a company getting off bankruptcy which if managed right by hiring people with high morals values of justice, equality, liberty, oneness and etc can transform South Sudan to a first class country in east Africa.The government must Chang course to benefit from the young energetic diasporain with high moral values and work ethic not the opportunistic rebellious self center elements who are seeking rewards for the dirty war and suffering they have inflicted on our people and country. The tradition of rewarding; over times equals corruption and endless suffering to our people and country. The silence loyalists and nationalist must be recognized and given fair access to deliver much needed service to our society.There is so much value work that could be offered with no money or little that may translate into improved service delivery.One area which is lack the most is the data. In this high tech age numbers means serious business and data collection can benefit our country significantly. Data in terms of population, education, commerce and taxation,  and the number of productive work force.
To our leaders now is the time to reform and transform South Sudan.