Ronald Springfield Poet Political Verse

With Education You Can Change the World

“With Education you can change the world”

I was a fly on the wall and I saw...                                                                                                      The “discriminating few” students take many steps back,                                                               In giving values, ethics and morals the sack,                                                                                   Whilst cultivating fear in the hearts of a divided nation                                                             And rejecting dignity in search of debt relaxation.

I was a fly on the wall and I saw...							      Potential school leavers view the status quo void of hope:				                      From the “frying pan” of the challenges of OBE life                                                  Into the cauldron of the “#FMF” strife, they ponder, 			                                                                   Or the ‘opportunity cost’ of joining the UIF queue: 				           With bleak futures on the horizon, they search for a tunnel light to ensue...

I was a fly on the wall and I saw...
Two decades ago a proud nation take a forward stance,				               Shepherding an era that elevated every unified plea,		                        Touching hearts and transforming minds at every fleeting chance; 		              Heralding Madiba’s legacy of forgiveness, reconciliation and peace...

I was also a fly on the wall when Madiba said:						                   “Education is the most powerful weapon one can use to change the world”.

So distorting the view, a discriminating few seemed to misconstrue:                                That by “Using strife to change the world, ‘Free Education’ falls into your lap”. 	                   And as the smoke clears, it doesn’t allay many fears,                                                          ‘Cause the precedence that caused many tears, 				                               Is doomed to widen the generation gap...
									
Ronald W. Springfield

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Beata Agustin March 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet 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." Have a blessed day.