Love Is A Parent Poem by Guetes Mavuko

*Love is a Parent*

I once lived as a step-son,
I fondly remember wearing my belt in the correct loops.
It takes only love to nurture the world.
With a loving stepfather by my side,
It is indeed an astonishing thing anyone can celebrate.
May God bless you, Mr. Sakanengu.

Dear fathers, nurture the world and humanity, not just your own blood.
Dear mothers, mother the world, mother humanity, not just your own blood.
It takes only love to nurture the world.

Dear uncles, you are like immortal parents.
Dear aunties, you are like ageless parents.
Dear neighbors, you are like invincible parents.
It only takes love to nurture the world.

Dear friends, the lives of those on the streets are our shared responsibility.
We are accountable for the lives of the abandoned.
It only takes love to nurture the world.

Our world, and the world of those around us, is our shared responsibility.
It is an egg we can break with our ignorance.
It only takes love to nurture the world.