I WOULD RATHER BE

I WOULD RATHER BE…

I would rather be unborn

Left out of this world unclean

Than be a party to tyranny of mean

That is hell bent on destruction

Raging with vengeance galore.

I would rather be unknown

Rising from grass to grace

With the sure steps of a toddler

Than be great now and fall later

When life is at its sweetest zenith.

I would rather be wealthy

With happiness and contentment

Than be materially stinking rich

With money devoid of happiness

Condescending anybody around

Without regard to civility and humanity.

I would rather be the happy poor peasant

Toiling everyday in scorching sun embrace

Trying to add to the basket of my folks

Than be that rich man flaunting in town

Ordering people around with obese obsession

In the name of building the nation.

I would rather rise like the phoenix

From the ashes of submission and torture

And establish a just and united people

Than be seen around as a marabou stock

Treated without civility or pedigree

Waiting for the vulnerable to devour.