Lost Innocence Poem by KUTLWANO SONJI NOBLE ONE NKWE

Gone is the innocence of the African child
The green raw melon picked up in the wild
Integrity and purity self defiled
Where did it go to sent a Troop search
Remains a question to oblige
To civilization in affiliation with westernization
The young fresh virgin of Africa raped herself
Remember the old days when blood was marriage
Hymen the carriage
Of respect
Intact
With purity
Se let herself a slave to nudity
So she is exposed bare
And now we who can stare
Remain witnesses
White sheets stay clean
Carpenters are loaded with work
Bamboo beds to mend
The very first night two as one