If they were us
They would have clenched their fists in rage if they were us
If they were us, they would have squirmed with complaints
Because they are comfortable,
Our plights appears less bothering
Less bothering because we would have done same , if we were them .
Their promises are just sugar-coated words ,
After actualizing their conquests,
their goals,they make us worse
Worse by extorting our last pennies
pennies from our wretched,messed up labor activities .
Education being the key to success,
now seems to rather lock up and delay dreams
because, years meant for development are just spent
Spent on lessons and challenges that are not even applicable in the future
these lessons just stress minds that are already stressed since gestation
Fingers should not point
Tongues should not blame
Our minds I believe are like joints
The black melanin seems to jnject into this flame
This flame of selfishness, ethnocentrism and embezzlement
Where one belly desires to devour the meal of a whole populace
The populace that forgets about their own development
But focuses on snatching roles of the highly placed
Now ask yourself, if we were them , will they wish they were us ?
- evans_writes.
Copyright © Evans Nartey | Year Posted 2024
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