Mother For Sale!

Would sell your mother?

Would you sit and do nothing 

As your mother is being destroyed?

The one whose breasts you suckled,

The one whose womb incubated you,

The one who nurtured your fragile life

Into a well fed, now energized human being?

The one whose hands held you and cared for you?

Would you sell your mother?

And why do you sit there 

And allow them to destroy mother nature?

Why do you say nothing when our wildlife is being poached?

Why does it not move you when they grab forests, national parks and water catchment areas to erect concrete structures?

Why is it not your business to take care of the environment?

You watch as they cut down our lungs and our shade

You feel nothing when our beautiful mother is being mutilated

Fertile land being wasted and rivers being polluted

You keep quiet as they sell our mother to those whose intentions are evil...

Why do you just stare and not dare?

I speak for my mother,

I speak for our mother,

Though homely and natural

She is the one we want

Don't try put on make up on her.

Though her beauty seems to fade

Her wisdom none can replace

Stop trying to replace her noble role.

Though her skin sags and her back bends

Her strength none can match.

Stop lying to us

Though her fertility you now doubt,

Her DNA runs through generations 

We can still dignify her motherhood.

I speak for my mother,

I speak for our mother.

Leave her Alone!

Munuhe 2016