Poem: This is our world now
Following the storm of Covid-19 disease
We should all gather our hearts
And plant the seeds of hope
Let us cultivate a sense of belonging
And reclaim the house of humanity
For so long, we have been riding solo
Through the express highways of life
We have been fed the concepts of individualism
And force-fed the ideas of materialism
We encountered hardships and frustrations
Overloading our mind and bodies with worry and stress
We were always tired from foraging far away from our homes
We had accumulated a list of diseases
The so called lifestyle diseases
It is not our fault that we were fed junk food
It’s not our fault that we were not given enough time to feed the spirit
Let us now re-occupy the substance of our being
And come closer to the source of Light
Let us ignite the fires within
And help feed each other and dress each other with Love
This is our world now
We cannot wait for the scientists, politicians and economists
To tell us about the poverty datum line
Or the latest social distancing trend
There should not be a poverty datum line
All lines should be about poetry, music and dancing
We have to get rid of inequality
Then politics will have to adjust to accommodate our new found existence
Let us be the candles inside the dark house of humanity
Uplift each other and be the bread for those who are poor and vulnerable
Let this world be ours
©Kenneth Maswabi
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