RASTA

Righteous Africa Stands Tall Alone
A dark skinned pregnant woman
Pregnant with natural resources and, ideas and talents
Embryo being fed with very little rich foods if any at all
To be Deprived from the needs and wants of a fetus
Daily struggles of a mother to provide for unborn and young
To provide for them to never want
But then…
He appears, in ..
With tools ready to take prematurely what is not his
He is sometimes suited up and seldom in rugs sometimes he even wears scrubs
He takes, steals and robs
Never to return
So I sob and my heart throbs
For those left behind. Those on their hinds
And those who are my kind
Some hustling on the grind, all weather through the winds
And I ask GOD for one thing
Which is: TO PLEASE REWIND
To give Her and everyone another chance
One to show they can make it and redeem a gift of a kind

Yaa Opoku