Umbrella Poem by ANKWASA HARLORD

I need an Umbrella!
Today it rained bullets and stones
it was a heavy downpour
lasting for a decade,
streams, rivers and lakes with red water
fish gaining weight, food was swimming by!

I need an umbrella
tempests have gotten stronger
while I freeze day by day
with nowhere to handle for warmth,
My boat seems to sink deeper
as it asks for an umbrella
tempests are getting stronger.

I need an umbrella
guards are placed to keep
the forests safe,
trees disappear within the guards themselves
soon after trees no more they "declare "
angry in our eyes, laughing behind our backs
gaining fats minute per minute,
hot red spears drying our land.

I need an umbrella
sleeping in sacks, teaches, rubbish pits etc
eating almost everything we come across,
not because I am insane
Dogs in diaspora eating and living
better life than me!
"Masikini" didn't choose to become,
I need an umbrella.