Poem:The BABY

The Baby
Baby, baby, my baby
Baby, baby, your baby
Baby, baby, our baby
Baby, baby, their baby,
Tender, loving and cheerful
Welcome to this world,
If only you know the world
That you have come to!
A world of trials and tribulations
A world of man’s greed to man
A world of uncertainties
A world of wars and conflicts
A world of the so rich and
the so poor
A world of inequalities
A world of scarce resources
A world of adversities
A world of the haves and
the haves not
A world of diseases and pollution
A world of natural disasters
and calamities
A world of inadequate health facilities
A world of increasing crime wave
A world of water shortages, energy and food crises
Are you going to cope?
Baby, baby, my baby
Baby, baby, your baby
Baby, baby, our baby
Baby, baby, their baby
Tender, loving and cheerful
Welcome to this world
If only you know the world
That you have come to!
Where your sex can mean happiness or unhappiness
Where your sex can mean a successor or a prostitute
Where your sex can make or mar the marriage
Where your sex can mean an investment or a consumer
Where girls are meant for marriage
Where boys are sent to school
Where the sex of a baby means marrying a new wife
Where the sex of a baby is the cause of separation
Where babies are abandoned or dumped in latrines and garbage heaps
Where babies are not breastfed
Where babies are not vaccinated
Where babies are malnourished
Where babies are not given proper care
Where babies depend on artificial feeding
Where baby theft is rampant
Where babysitters are the true mothers of babies
Where mothers become hatcheries
Where only God determines your fate
Are you going to cope?
Baby, baby, my baby
Baby, baby, your baby
Baby, baby, our baby
Baby, baby, their baby
Tender, loving and cheerful
Welcome to this world
If only you know the world
That you have come to!
Whether a baby boy or girl
Whether twins, triplets, quadruplets
Whether an albino or disabled
Whether born in the hospital, at home, on the road, on top of a tree or just anywhere
Whether born to rich or poor parents
Whether born to a couple or a single parent
Whether born during the day or at night
Whether born in the rainy or dry season
Whether born in the village or in town
Whether born in a broken home etc.
Are you going to cope?
By Mofor Samuel