Youth Of Today Poem by Lindokuhle Dawordplaymind Nkosi

Are these the leaders of tomorrow?
Who joyfully swim in the pool of liquor
Who drowns their youthfulness in pits
As they are enslaved by Nyaope and Heroine
As they feel school is like jail cell.

Are these the leaders of tomorrow?
Who barely respects elders
Who are embarrassed to speak their indigenous language
Who have discarded their tradition and culture
Who feast on each other without shame
And proudly planting seeds
Which then later they discard
In bins like rotten food
'cause the system favours them
For it said at the age of 13, one can abort.

Is these the youth of today?
Born in the democratic country
Full of poverty
Garnished with AIDS
Their eyes only reflects misery
Their cries only echoing hopelessly
For they will never grow old
'cause they were born in this devouring beast world.

Is these the youth of today?
Who hardly go to church
Yet every weekend they drink their youthfulness to void
As if the sun will never rise again
Young women do prostitution in the name of BLESSERS
Oh! these days are the worst.
I pray for the return of Lord Jesus Christ
Perhaps, we will live an exuberant life again..