Afromental Contagion Poem by Mwenyeji Spikes

A diagnosis of the mind state urgently looking for answers
To that which has prevented the person from being himself
Restrained him from living to his full potential
That which causes him not to be appreciative of himself
To depart from his own cultures
To be unappreciative of his fellow man in the pan African struggle

That which has caused him to look up to the western ways as being superior
To have nothing to look forward to in his mother land, Africa.
A post mortem to reveal the new strain of virus that has infested his mind and soul
Caused him to make deep resolutions every year start and not abide by any of them
To be full of greed and lacking in love

To withhold from giving and be backward on thought
To lack freedom and constantly spite justice.
To lose spirituality and resent polygamy
To longer treasure informal education and way of apprenticeship
To want to migrate to urban centers and have a fast foods lifestyle

To let go spirituality nor pour libation any more
To lack regard to the spirits of our ancestors
To be unapprecaiative of the femininity in the spirit of mother Africa,
But instead raises his hand to strike his woman and scold his child
To not speak out against violence and other atrocities
To want to sell their bodies and depart from our culture and value for chastity
To want to explore lesbianism and gayism
To want to have equity but not grant equality
To turn his back away from the shrines

To lack time to enjoy nature and tend to it
To rid elephants off their tasks in pursuit of money
To not want to wear colored beads and dance to the rhythm of Africa
To be ashamed of our African protruding bellies and endowed hefty women dancing
Not to find ways of healing our communities and live as one in unity
To not hold our hands and be one as Africa