Monday, May 23, 2011

In the Jungle of despair

By Atok Dan Baguoot 

Rains, sun heat and hunger, 
all wrinkle my face 
Freckle my shiny dark smooth melanin contours 

The gentleness of the African Queen 
The land of all odds 
That lessens protruded pot bellies
The dangerous human tribe 
 Classes of social and economic inequality   

The black jacket tribe 
That wears a thread-like piece of cloth 
For the show disguised dishonesty 
For theft and nepotism

All darken their concept of lust for stolen wealth
A well-framed ideology
A generation of distress and despair 
Sunken us into a jungle of despair 
The jungle of wars, weariness, and doubts 

Deep down in the jungle of corruption, 
where we see no more stars 
But stare in desperation and hollowness  
A jungle that abhors reasonableness
But a jungle of lawlessness
Where anarchy, chaos, and injustice flourishes  

In this jungle of hopelessness, 
Seated on benches tribal lords
To rob, a nation of its treasure and character
 Of her nationalism and oneness in noble duty 
 To live a destitute live, hatred, jealousy,  and lust for ill-gotten riches