Unwanted Poem by Wale Adekoya

Hey kid
Where're your folks
Where're you from?

Nowhere sir
I don't belong
I had a five minute father
And a nine month mum
I never knew them
And they're both long gone

But I remember kind hands
A warm loving chest
Perhaps the first stranger
To snatch me from danger
Then multiple places
So many faces
The unwanted child
Became a teen with two cases


Yo bro
Where're your folks
Where's your home?

Nowhere bro
I'm all alone
I had a five minute father
And a nine month mum
But it's no big deal
They're both long gone

But I remember that feeling
Of freedom at last
I was done with schools
I made my own rules
The parties were rocking
The girls were flocking
I was in the fast lane
But the years were clocking

Hey mister
Remember that sister
The girl down the road?

Nobody told me
I never knew
I was a five minute father
And she a nine month mum
But it's too late now
We're both long gone


But I remember those years
The fears and regrets
And the blame that I placed
On my parents untraced
The pain that I caused
The broken laws
If I could go back
I'd rewind and pause

Hey ol' man
You've got no one
You've got no home

Oh, but you're wrong
Ive got a fine place beyond
And a Heavenly Father
Who's been there all along
Thank God I found Him
Before I was gone

I realized late
That God has a plan
No child is unwanted
No foetus rejected
For every life given
He's made full provision
So don't waste your youth, son
Accept His salvation