African leaders sleep under concrete roofs which deny them to see the sky. so they can't tell if it had rained last night.
African leaders wear glasses or look through colored windows which deny them to see the brightness of the sun. So they don't know if heat was unbearable or not. They concentrate on building castles in the air or picking fruits from a tree that has never been planted.
Much like a tortoise
A famine creeps slowly
It looms over silently
It can't break out overnight
It is not a measles disease
It takes a whole season to fail
Metrologists monitor the situation
They alert the nation early enough
But in Africa the story is different
Thousands die before leaders know it
They wake up to alarming media reports
They appeal to International community
Next day the president would leave for Europe
He would fly with his presidential aircraft
He bought it with millions of dollars
Yet his people are dying from hunger
He tours the world to seek emergency funds
He may even attend poverty reduction meetings
and wherever he lands he walks on a red carpet
Why does the world welcome such a leader?
I feel pain
Superb work Abdi Noor. As Ed K. says it is too true in many countries, and the sad fact is we the people play a big role
in it by being too complacent to change thingsafraid to upset
our own comfort zone even when it isn't toocomfortable.
Many are too fearful of change of any kind. Keep writing !
I don't know why. I can't explain why leaders are chosen who refuse to lead that benefits all, not just select individuals. We have it here, too. Not as bad as you, but trouble is stirring the foundations of our government as well.
An excellent, heartbreaking write.
(((HUGS))), love, and continued prayers, your aching sister, Karla.
Powerfully written expose' of the horrors striking your land, Abdi-noor; God help those poor people in Africa! Such a shame, such a g.d. shame....this should NOT be!!!
(((HUGS))) and much love, your sister and friend in America, Karen Lynn in Texas. :( >tears <
i agree, millions could be fed with what is wasted and no country is free of this guilt
Reviewed by J M (Reader)
Reviewed on January 4, 2006
I often ask this of countries where their leader is reverened by other countries. Yet his own people die from his lack of love and concern for their welfare. It wounds the soul not just the mind and heart to know there are many nations starving lacking shelter and refuge from disease and famine. Even natural disaters we often are at our weakest under such rulers. A powerful piece.
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in it by being too complacent to change thingsafraid to upset
our own comfort zone even when it isn't toocomfortable.
Many are too fearful of change of any kind. Keep writing !
Eileen
I don't know why. I can't explain why leaders are chosen who refuse to lead that benefits all, not just select individuals. We have it here, too. Not as bad as you, but trouble is stirring the foundations of our government as well.
An excellent, heartbreaking write.
(((HUGS))), love, and continued prayers, your aching sister, Karla.
(((HUGS))) and much love, your sister and friend in America, Karen Lynn in Texas. :( >tears <
and wherever he lands he walks on a red carpet
Sounds like far too many 'leaders' these days, Abdi-Noor.