A Nightmare Where Beauty Abounds

Ooh DRC, DRC where are you? You’re the most beautiful country in the world You have all the resources Your minerals abound Your country is full of life’s necessities Europe exists because of you Asia, America lives because of you You have a beautiful heart Yet your actions are reckless You are foolish You are careless You are mad You make people rich, but only a few You make people look beautiful, but most are scared You make the world a comfortable place to live Yet hell for those born on your soil Where are you? Do you not see? Your children are crying Your children are dying Your children are running from you They have been ripped from their mother’s arms Your husband is foolish He is blinded by greed You are lost Just listen to the cries of your children They will lead you home By Ferdinand Nyembo.