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If a Man Can Think
by Mthokozisi Nkosi → (All Poetry by Mthokozisi Nkosi)
Thursday, March 9, 2017    Rated "G" by the Author.
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He fell on his face
The soil he embraced
The blood from on his nose
As red a rose
Reminded him of his life
His children and wife
Whom he left without a single cent
Knowing on him, they all depend

Women call him a hunk
And he feels like a man
Especially when he`s drunk
Yet, they call him a pillar
Neglecting his family for the taste of his beer
In his life the history
Of alcohol is no mystery
For lack of moral intelligence
He intoxicates himself
And calls it his inheritance

Not realizing the present hostility
Between him and his wife
Just the other day
He almost stabbed her with a knife
Demanding the food he never bought
Abusing his life
Disconnecting himself from God

She cries every single night
Her silky soft skin covered with bruises
Her life is a ship
In an ocean of alcohol she cruises

This world can change only

If a man can think
Before he drinks


  

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 Reviews of "If a Man Can Think"
Reviewed by Mthokozisi Nkosi
Reviewed on March 13, 2017
Thank you All, i grew up surrounded by people who drank and abused alcohol. I hope this poem reaches more and more people and inspire them to change.

Reviewed by John Domino
Reviewed on March 12, 2017
Lost in a lost pool of hopelessness. Alcohol, how many families has it destroyed? It almost took mine a long, long time ago. Never again!

Reviewed by E Phillips
Reviewed on March 11, 2017
This is a tragedy that repeats and repeats and repeats.
I was caught up in it once, and I can never repair the damage.
At a minimum we should never mistake a drunk for a hunk.
Thanks for this reminder.

Reviewed by Ronald Hull
Reviewed on March 10, 2017
One would do well to teach young women to avoid such scoundrels. But for some reason, women are attracted to them, only to fall into the trap of abuse that both weak men and strong alcohol bring.

Your poem, if it gets these men to think, is a winner.

Ron

Reviewed by Michael Schafer
Reviewed on March 9, 2017
Alcohol has burdened society in many ways, but it's a legal drug, just like tobacco.


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