The Uninitiated Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

In the eyes of the uninitiated
Life is a vehicle with no wheels
Some will get it moving
Using their innovative minds or hard work
Others will push it on the ground
And get themselves tired
While politicians, capitalists and economists
Will get others to pull it
The spiritual person sees no vehicle at all
Just life with pockets of challenges
Around its wheels of freedom
The spiritual person will add his spirit to life
And liberate the vehicle of life from its physicality
The vehicle of life will not be dependent on wheels
Or the innovative mind of man
Not even hard work
It will not be dependent on the exploitation of others
It will be solely dependent on the fruits of the spirit
Peace, hope, happiness and Love
Gentleness, humility, compassion and faith
These are the true drivers of life
Not money, wealth or poverty
Not even political ideologies or religious dogma
There is no fuel of life outside the spirit of God
Life was never meant to be a competition
Or a race of some sort
It was never meant to exploit our diversity of colour
Or different mental capabilities
Or even our gender differences
Life was never meant to pollute the world
Or create an unequal society
Life gives to a fly all its needs
How can life be cruel to Man?
Life gives the mosquito the power to fly
How can life deny the poor man just one meal a day?
It is the terrible things done by Man
The selfishness, hatred and wickedness
That make life a vehicle with no wheels

©Kenneth Maswabi