by Odimegwu Onwumere | |
Published on: May 29, 2005 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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The youths' means for communication Ignorance is a pandemic as is HIV/AIDS. Train him, control him and care for him. It's disgusting to neglect his fundamental needs and pleas It's injurious to see him grow branchless in the norm, hale and hearty of your descent. Human Rights is not (and also) it's for your children, But abusing them may be evil! He revealed that you're nonchalant about his welfare, the one he ought to own fundamentally And you turned capricious You beat him, you hate him and you mock him In consternation that he begged you for his welfare You condemn him for being weak; Wake and take your charge! If the sun is no more, what will happen? If women are turned to men, can't the world be ludicrous? If the earth should be covered by ocean, where would man stand to give his egotistic order? And if you do not benevolently train your child, don't you think you are filling the world with chaos? You laugh You smile You will later cry from the ruse of your roaring Groomed like a gale without gallant You've made him wander in wonder Unfathomed that he steals, sobs, and stern all day to show his anguish and anger He's always beaten, belted and bullied In the course of trying to mend gaps. The Chief, the biggest Chaff of the community Is a criminal? He embezzles the allocations sent In by the government that have caused restiveness And much murder in many morgues by youths Power is in their veins! As wisdom is in elders? They strike, kill, and foment troubles when you neglect they are the future But when he does, he is seen as an eclipse of our time But you never take his responsibilities as your own That's why he strikes to communicate. « return. |