Today is the The Day of the African Child. It is one significant day for the African child that is Observed through out the African continent. But being the African Child has for the last 200 years never been a bed of roses.
The African Child
Wrapped up in abject poverty
Fighting adversity naturally
With bare tender hands
And an empty rambling stomach
Suffering gruesome injustice along the way
Like their own ancestors did in the dark ages
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The African Child
Homeless in their own city state
Targets of police brutality day and night
Used and exploited by men
Who should be protecting them
Trafficked away into modern day slavery
Their fate sealed in their humble childhood
The Pain of being the African child has just began
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