Mbabazi Stellah Poet Lyric

In the City

IN THE CITY
The city shines 
But there's no order 
To survive you have 
to rub shoulders with robbers
Walk with sinners
Shake hands with burglars 
Yet you ought to give 
Way to the halting vehicles


Mini-skirts, high heels,red lips 
Long nails, diamond hair
Shinny bangles and dangling earrings 
Roam around
Making money to survive 


Black suits, brief cases 
shiny shoes and straight ties 
Sit in their offices managing their businesses 
While others in tights and jeans 
Walk with pride on  streets
And tinted cars stride along the high ways


In the shanty city
Where evil is mouthed but not spoken
The truth is arcane 
And sin is alive
But justice is one sided
Or perhaps absent 


Talk about order
No one will care
Everyone seems to be
Cheerfully, steadily and freely
Moving on with life
In the shanty city we creed 

         Mbabazi Stellah

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Beata Agustin April 21, 2022 at 9:18 AM Thanks for sharing this. Welcome to Poetry Soup. I welcome you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." God bless you. Mbabazi Stellah April 23, 2022 at 11:47 AM I appreciate the welcoming message, and the scriptures thank u very much