Saturday, May 3, 2014

The Journey has just begun.

THE JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN” 

By Elvy Gayle Soltau       à Bsc. Ed *Dreams*

We are free, yet still we are bound
Bounded by teenage pregnancy
Bounded by high crime rates and High illiteracy rates
Bounded by Sexual immortality

“50 long years but we still lack vision”
“50 Long years journeying without a mission” 

Land of wood and water the say,
The reality is that it is a land filled with hungry belly children and poverty
Yes! You might say I’m a pessimist
But wake up to the reality!
Don’t just salute track stars, politicians and those that have excelled
But zoom into the bigger issues …………………
The issue of prostitution, look at our girls beautiful bodies, such low class act they have to resort to.
Because of lack of opportunities, lack of resources, lack of hope and motivation we fail to build our nation.

“50 long years but we still lack vision”
“50 long years journeying without a mission” 

Boys behind bars
Drug dealing just to buy cars
Lewd, Violent lyrics influencing our boys thinking
Causing then to become angry and violent
Resulting in imprisonment or an early ticket to their graves
Only if they had a male figure to say “Son, you are way better than this, you can become whatever you wish”
Our fathers are marginal and mothers are burden with all the responsibilities

“50 long years but we still lack vision“
“50 long years journeying without a mission “ 

We celebrate the freedom of 50 years
But what is there to celebrate?
We war each daily tearing down our own sisters and brothers
Corruption dominate all our systems
We have lost our moral values
What is there to celebrate?
What is there to celebrate?
When the most we do is hate?
“50 long years but we still lack vision”
“50 long years journeying without a mission”
We are highly blessed with natural resources
But what have we done to develop or country?
Our rich culture we defile, accepting those of others 
We fail to identify with our own always thinking that the grass is green over the other side
We prefer burger king and patty over dumplings and ackee.

“50 long years but we still lack vision”
“50 long years journeying without a mission” 

We say one tribe, one nation
Yet we have mass segregation
Shower and power
Gully and Gaza
Our motto suggest “out of many we are one”
But we miss the mark of caring for the many and only focus on the ONE
‘I’ the I factor, I am the only one
We become selfish and greedy
We forget the needy

“50 long years but we still lack vision”
“50 long years journeying without a mission” 

We journeyed for enslaved to freed
But for 50 long years what have we to show?
Corruption
Broken families
Devalued morals
Because of this I say OUR JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN
We need to pray our national anthem earnestly especially
“GIVE US VISION LEST WE PERISH”
We need to fight for a common good
We need vision, without vision the people perish

“50 long years but we still lack vision”
“50 long years journeying without a mission” 

THERE IS HOPE BECAUSE OUR JOURNEY HAS JUST BEGUN 

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