THE POISON THAT KILLS US

THE POISON THAT KILLS US

Looking for the poison that kills us?

Look no sideways

But search within us

And you will uncover the geyser

From whence spring the venom

That bleeds us to death.

Oh Africa,

Why do we choose frivolities,

Over priorities,

While myriads of challenges,

Continue to stare at us in the face?

Oh Africa,

There is fire raging on our roofs

But here we are standing aloof

Are we callous to our ordeal?

And indisposed to our posterity?

Oh, Africa, complacency is a poison that kills us.

Oh Africa,

We have dwelled long

Regurgitating on the root of our problems

Offering no solutions,

How do we find comfort

Pointing accusing fingers,

But failed to search within?

Oh Africa, that is a poison that kills us.

Oh Africa,

We have become our own antigen

An allergy to ourselves

Oh Africa, the poison that kills us

Comes within us!