TELL ME THE COLOUR OF WORDS
Tell me words are red
And I'll tell of the lives
We lose everyday in the middle east
Of the lives in danger in Northern Nigeria
The Sahel, Ukraine, Russian and Syria.
Tell me words are white
And I'll tell you how a world of peace is
I will tell you how you go to bed at ease
And how deeply you sleep
And wake up with peace.
Tell me words are blue
And I'll ask you to come to Freetown
To stare at the Atlantic ocean
And see the might of nature
So blue, so big, so blessed, suffering from excessive heat.
Tell me words are green
The Amazon, the northern Savannah
Trees of different kinds, flowers
Disappearing slowly from the face of earth
For we choose to eat than preserve.
Tell me the colour of words
And I'll paint you a picture
Of grief, of agony and of neglect
Don't expect an image that glows
Not a Mona Lisa but you'll see wonders
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