YESTERDAY HAS SOMETHING TO TEACH

We look at the distant days
And call them outmoded,
We look at the present days
And say yesterday has faded.

This we often say in a clamour
That carries a feel of glamour.

We turn a slack eye to our culture,
The base rock on which our empire is build.
We've turned ourselves into hungry vultures
Looking for ways to feed on others field.

Why?
I ask,
I cry and decry

We turn a vicious look to our bosom
And made it hell.
We made ourselves chicks
At the mercy of hungry hawks.

This
I decry and cry.

Our yesterday has something to teach,
Knowledge we should hook onto,
Wisdom we should clutch onto.
Let's allow yesterday's smile
Give us the light through the dark
To true independence.

Author: Xorla Attadzeh

COMMENTS (1)

Xorla Attadzeh | 10/4/2020 11:00:54 PM

I am sharing this poem because I feel it is a piece every young African must read. We need not depend on the western world when we actually have everything it takes to get in par with them...

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