She Has Given Up On Life

Lying around in the middle of the city Urine all over her skirt Flies enjoying the aromatic smell of it Shame no more bothering her She has given up on life. A woman whose beauty was once every man's dream Life has tossed her apart and left her to rot In the scorching sun Paralysed by the unpleasant situations of life Poverty prevailing. Tears melt from the corners of her eyes Hope she has lost Future a word not existing For she has given up on life. Lying there she remains an attractive force of onlookers Passing by with disgust, mercy no more A mother, children have lost A sister brutally milked by sorrows She has given up on life.. God bless Africa In poverty and despair we weep Children motherless though mothers not dead Fathers absent yet present The socioeconomic fight cintinues...