Our forefathers have died in vain

I am Frimpong and I am a Ghanaian

But I do not like to see in my country.

In so much of a mess, neither do I

Like to see it run down but unfortunately

It has and will continue if nothing is done.

It is very sad that I sometimes buy

That orange not that I want to but I feel

By doing so, I am helping the orange seller

I feel equally devastated when I sleep

In continuous darkness, not because I can’t

Pay my bills but because someone has failed

Somewhere and somehow and can’t be explained

It is very painful when you have to pay

For a service and be treated as if charity

Is being done unto you but yet not be able to complain

Something has gone wrong somewhere

But there is no one to complain to and it

Seems during election times that they

Know what is wrong and can be done.

Yet, nothing is done after we are fooled.

I look at all these and realize that

For 56 years running, some selfless and selfish people

Died in a smile thinking they were sacrificing.

But apparently they were, they did so only for

Someone’s soup to smell and taste nicer.

Anokwa! Our forefathers have died in vain.

Written by J.Y.Frimpong

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