The Spirit of Africa

When I think of Poverty, I think of the Africans;
They are poorer than I, but stronger in their resolution.
They have an indomitable spirit, a never say die attitude.
They don't have water or education
And they inhabit areas with scanty vegetation
Most people have never seen a home or a proper life
Oh! the poor souls; they have only seen a lot of strife.
Wars and famine have ravaged their lands;
And turned the fertile soil into dusty sands.
But the people there toil from dawn to dusk
In coal mines and barren fields
Afterall, they must also eat.
Aids Virus, malnutrition and starvation deaths
Genocides and Locusts; They have witnessed all
Still they move on with life
From the Masai people to the bantu tribesmen,
From the Sahara desert to the Congo basin,
The valor and spirit of the African soars
Great African Land,I salute thee!