Africa, A lost Beauty

She had the best of shapes

Her perfume scented like roses and grapes

And as I watched her I felt raped

Her skin colour glowed like the gold from South Africa

Her form was fine like timbers from Cameroon

Her voice flowed like Victoria Falls in Tanzania

And in the darkness I saw her white teeth were like diamonds from Liberia

Her breasts were solid like mountain Kilimanjaro

I presumed it flowed with milk like the rich oil fields in Nigeria

Her waist was curvy and vast like the Sahara desert

And I could tell she was a beauteous feminine

For her beauty could make the potency in impotent men resurrect

But then the lights came on and oh what a shock!

I realised her head was shaped like the African continent

The back of her head stretched like an elbow

And her chin seemed prolong like an arrow's bow

Her nose was stretched from her face

Like how Madagascar is far from the rest of Africa

Her beautiful eyes held tears filled with fears

Her face seemed swollen, distorting the beauty I presumed dear

And she seem drunk but not from drinking beer

Her makeup faded any time her tears flowed

Yet I saw no one close to her giving her blows

So I got close and gave her a hug

And she poured all her sentiments out to me as if I were a jug

And this was what she said to me

My name is Africa

Even though I have been given all I need from nature

Those taking care of me continue to misuse me to the latter

My face contorts anytime I see what happens on the continent

The wars and attacks, the corruption and mistrust

Hunger now lives in my belly although our soil is fertile

Unemployment and poverty now hangs around like witchcraft

Yet our leaders live comfortable lives above us like a moving spacecraft

So I plead to you leaders of Africa

Lead us well and do not lord over us

Manage our resources and do not misuse them

Provide us with development for us to stop retrogressing

And stop doing two by four constructions because of elections

Give us unity, do not promote enmity

For another generation will come after us

To inherent the Africa we will leave behind

T-DZANIE!