My Country
Happiest in the world I was tagged But a century that seems A ring from ancient history it bellows Long my new face is, sorrow my companion I've turned bruised, battered and bitter Grounded and wretched Pauparised and perplexed Hurt and hurting The once glad is now morose The gaiety gloomy is turned Who stole my Joy Who switched off the tunes for my dance Mourning is the new normal Happiest in the world?? Emersed in want and lack Bothered by deprivation and degradation Fasting all night and day due to fast fading food Clothes in nakedness my ribs exposed At the mercy of hunger strike pangs How happy can I be with my back glued to my stomach Can the hungry leap on ecstacy? Can merriment, misery marry? Can malnourishment be joined with enjoyment Hunger surely Joy kill is. Lost my Joy? As bad as it was, it was the least of it The state destroyed my shop Crazy no doubt The council demolished my stall Filling me with gall No job, no shop, no stall No food, no ele...