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Impossible alternative

By Henry Ekwuruke

Originally published

Irena Orlov

While Napoleon never quit

How dare Ferguson chance his chance

The poet raped the villages of poetry

Just speaking wonderful languages

The best around, yet quite sadly portrayed

We lacked understanding of those poets

New languages fear us and its teachings?

We are old to hear these issues

It is not really late for us to stop and think

This sounds good for our minds

As villagers like to see transformed townships

Yet townships have village roots, yes!

We are eventful opportunists for participation

Groundbreaking are our actions towards growth

It can't be done this way, not my way

But the best way, no better way

The best cos action makes things done

Movements pulls the sands with the times

The rivers dances to the waves

Does the great rivers and oceans understand?

Understand us more than you do?

Somethings sounds like probability

Aren't we humans?

The least we want to see, feel and respect

Is Africa out of the world's attention

What better alternative for our limits

For our participation from our base

We are uniting children and youths

For change

Definitely our yes is unfolding surprises

Possibilities. Opportunities. Development

Impossible alternatives would stay back

It's only our voice that can be my voice

Your voice is also my voice and leverage

Find your voice and live it

Express it. Be you

Raise you voices for youth involvement

Our challenges require children and youth

Our voices are each level of development

We deserve work and our rights

I dare you say the opposite without hate

It is not a matter of give us the ball

Make the way for us to chose

To own the balls

I dare you to proclaim with us

Change for our community is on the move

With youthful ideas, action and voices

Global citizens of our communities emerging

This is true for our generation so raped

Youth involvement is sustainable development

Count me in and count us blessed

I am the child

I am the youth with a change. Let's go there!