Are You Ready For Tomorrow? Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

The time is ticking
with its gigantic hands
opening the doors
to an uncertain future
full of radioactive nuclear waste
with its cancerous effects
and certain genocide
mass extinction is inevitable

the time is now
to stop the war
and say "no" to nuclear bombs
and stand up against aggression
eradicate the spirit of terrorism
and evacuate the oppressed
rescue the tormented
and say no to rape and mass killings
stop the boy soldier
and arrest the wrong doer

the time is now
to stop for a second
and pray to God
pray for peace
but most importantly
pray against the spirit of poverty
and against greed
uniting man and woman
black and white
with a single umbilical cord
that will feed them as one
together as one
we shall stand
and divided we shall fall