ODE: "DO YOU STILL REMEMBER AFRICA?" BY PRAISE PATRICK

Memories will always stay

As we remember the brutality we have to

go through....

How we had to travel alone in our world,

In our own motherland,

As l remember like it was yesterday ,

how we had to be used to work in our own fertile for their benefits...

Guns blazing in the sky ,

We thought it was going to end ,but the white man kept on,

Piles kept on piling no, not of goods no,

But of dead bodies,

Wow fighting for something which is not even yours....

Now we as Africans we have found our independence , our freedom,

But  we're not united

We used to hold each other's arms through fit at bad times,

We now judge each other through languages , fame and standards..

For the last time my African people ,

Let's put an end to our differences,

Let's be one again 

Our rich motherland representing our  Africanasity 

For the  last time ,

Our final bow,

Let's say RIP to our differences .....

Viva Africa!!!!!!!

PRAISE PATRICK

(the Son of a King)

- Zimbabwe

The poet persona remembers the pains of Africa. He also encourages his fellow Africans to forget their differences and work toward the development of Africa.