I am Human
I am human first before race:
White, Black, Brown
I am human first before tribe:
Ga, Ewe, Akan
I am human first before class:
Low, Middle, High
I am human first when we meet
And introduce ourselves
And you frown asking unashamed,
“Where do you come from?”
Though not expecting me say ‘foreign’
I cringe at your hypocrisy:
Alien gods
Strange mannerisms
Christian names
Foreign dreams
Worry not how a name sounds
We’re all human first.
[November 2016]
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PS: WIP