Mother Uganda

Dressed in green, plants and trees grow Roads of red clay, joining paved highways Dry and dusty, wet and muddy Walking shops, sleeping vendors Basket of fruits, bin of vegetables Mother of foods, server of nations Flocked Churches, packed Mosques Taxis race, bodas rally Welcoming hearts, amazing people Smiling faces, begging hands Noisy towns, silent villages Crying children, sweating mothers Drunken men, joyful youth Packed cities, Street kids home Rich on the hills, poor in the valleys Traffic jams maul, load shedding haul Africa’s frontier, Pearl of Africa Floods of milk, hives of honey Racing beasts, crawling reptiles Home of gorillas, nest of each specie Jungle for monsters, castle for prey bed of mammals, host of nature Path way of the sun, Mixture of weather Source of the Nile, mother of great lakes Host of rift valleys, pride of huge Mountains Pool of hot springs, pack of great rocks Mother of investors, lover of strangers Home of kingdoms, shrine of martyrs Cocktail of languages, blend of tribes and races Prize of education, oven of destiny Center of minerals, mogul of nature Preserver of creation, Lover of God Many parties, one leader Mother Uganda NB:Uganda is a landlocked country in East Africa whose diverse landscape encompasses the snow-capped Rwenzori Mountains and immense Lake Victoria. Its abundant wildlife includes endangered gorillas and chimpanzees as well as rare birds Thought of writing about this great nation of mine..