THE AFRICA TO DETEST

I  am from here

But I’ll not hide it under a sneer

The Africa to detest

Must be detested by all

 

Under the bright sky,

A lone traveller walked

Time beating him

As the moon kept him watched

 

My continental people saw he was vulnerable

And thought of what their spiritualist had said

“For power over the people, bring a human head”

And like those drunk, the travellers head was severed

 

This is the Africa to detest!

 

I know another  Africa to detest!

Where a precious baby

Came in all her glory

But left a little limb, due to forces unknown

 

Grown senseless fellows,

Threw her into a desert

Hooting at the precious baby

As it cried in pain

 

Many babies have cursed the world that way

Being cruelly made to leave before their lives started

Like they were some pests to do away with

That is another Africa to detest!

 

I know another Africa to detest

Where the sustainers of the world

Are treated like fowls, reared like goats

And neglected like fools

 

That is another Africa to detest!

 

Even I shiver, at the thoughts of these

If even a member shies away

What would outsiders say?

Please kill the Africa to detest!

  Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2014