From a dreadful early age or thirteen
Boys and girls become a sabotaged teen
Upon missed chances, by poverty or negligence
Or through abuse or some life-phase circumstance
Believe or doubt, whether a journey of choice or pressure
Daughters and sons of our very own soil!
Facing all or much of the world’s pervading spoil
Born into and brought up with the freedom of choice or lack
Maybe to be trampled or sampled by the strong, cunning or any who pleasure
Sexually, socially, economically, morally, and spiritually; too weak to escape the smack!
©Mwango Lupupa 15112021
