The poem is about a lad who landed on the street after being flushed out of his home |
On the busy streets I stand, laying my hand to them for a penny, They all seem to watch their distance, afeared of my reeking garments. On the ground lies a coin, from a sister afeared of my bemired hands, A gracious thank you my tongue utters, with the coin will get a donut. On the busy streets I stand, shoveling my hands into the bin, Little hope in my heart lies, for the night was long with an empty stomach. Wrapped in a polythene is a molded bulger, with a smile I unmold my harvest, A gracious thank you to the Almighty, for the stomach will calm for an hour. On the busy streets I stand, with memories of my late Papa, He called me prince coz of my beauty, which was lost the day he left me. I aged six when AIDS took him, got no strength to battle the minacious uncle, A gracious thank you to the Almighty, for He cares for His neglected lad. On the busy street I stand, with my body shuddering under the kindling sun, the night was full of grief and tensions, as I lied on the dampy floor. They left me wounded and incapacitated, with my bread and beddingss they fled, A gracious thank you to the Almighty, for I pulled through for a new day. |