Yes I Can

Yes I Can
                   Don’t call me poor, because I don’t have money
                   Don’t call me lazy, because you have a lot
                   Don’t say am miserable, because I walk while you drive
                   Don’t say am not neat because I don’t have a suit
                   Yes but treat me as a human because I am one

                  We both have red blood and we both get sick
                  We both wake up, but the difference is type of beds we slept on
                  As per now the only difference is our financial status
                  You have I don’t have, but I know I will also get
                  If only I get a chance like yours, I can make it like you

                  I am trying my best to make ends meet
                  You are trying your best to keep me off
                  They said I failed, I told them it’s beginning of another trying chance
                  But yes, Here I am; Am on my way up
                  And soon I will be where you are or further

                 Yes I can, since I have the ability
                 Yes I will, because my dreams are real
                 Yes am almost making it, since I can see the light
                 And it is true since I am alive and well
                 We are many down here, Yes
                 But I will make the difference
		           
                          (By Waweru Ngugi)

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Poet Destroyer A

Date: 2/24/2016 10:09:00 PM

well expressed... LINDA

Bob Atkinson

Date: 2/17/2016 1:13:00 AM

Nicely written. Poor is merely poverty of purpose, not the lack of money. If one is not successful in another's economy, then one needs to sell hammers in one's own and begin a building drive. Shouldn't blame the other for one's non-inclusion in their economy. You can't blame a bank for how they operate if you don't start your own bank with your own rules. Besides, if your bank were successful how would you treat outsiders? More fairly? I think perhaps not.