Black Gold

A land once lush and green, Virile and fertile, Fattened reserves from dignified labour, Then the discovery, Greed rears its grotesque head, In its entourage, Nepotism, marginalisation, bribery and corruption, A deprived populace in lack of leadership, Restive youth clamouring for direction, Rumpus instigated by mortification, Balls of fire rage day and night, Illuminating the sky, Ripping holes in the stratosphere, Rain clouds brood in eagerness, To drench the land with acid, Sun blazing with vehemence, Scorching all life, Floating carcasses in blackened rivers, Sullied soil rendering no harvest, In decimation lie the herds of the field, Mother nature drowned, In her own bodily fluids, Life turns to death, Lush and green becomes dust and ash, Peace and tranquillity evades, In its stead, Ruckus and chagrin, Swollen earth, Sated by the blood of innocents