Time To Mourn... Poem by Richard Antwi

From childhood days,

In my culture...

Our forefathers taught us...

The death of someone

"Was time to mourn and hunger"

A time to reflect and re-unite the family

To cater for orphans, widows and widowers

Not to party

But a time to limit what you eat

To show love for the departed soul

Naturally, people lack appetite for food

Due to the loss

But lo!

Now funeral is time to grab money deceitfully

For unnecessary extravagant food

Funerals - time to reflect and grief

Is now time to eat lavishly

and fraudulently make money

At the expense of others?

Sad, mean and despicable!