A Baby of the Nation
A baby of the nation;
Infant child,
Born yesterday,
Raised the other day,
Educated the day before,
And buried last month.
A baby of the nation;
Stripped of nationality,
Even before clothing it,
Thrown and disposed,
Even before its making.
Now i can't walk,
I can't even go to work,
Without extra paper;
I can't rob a bank,
Without winking an eye;
Or escape the gallows,
Without shoving some fingers,
Into darkness...
Because a baby of the nation,
Passed on.
Copyright © Benson Langat | Year Posted 2016
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