Be Inspired

Be inspired to leave footsteps at the door.

The kind that has never been seen before

One that leaves eyes feasting in awe. Be more.

When you sleep, wake up informed, don't fight

to recall what yesterday promised to transform.

Don't wait for crumbs to be scattered at your feet from elites abroad

Packaged and labelled "aid" but spells debt on your receipt but still you eat

Be inspired to fight ignorance that climbs up your decor.

Don't let it leave its permanent stains on your walls. No!

Pay no attention when it calls, let it nudge at their misconceptions

Feed on the prejudice. It ignites ambition, births innovation, demands

recognition. Run the course without their torch, it flickers and is weak.

Run it blind, till sweat beads start to forge, you are stronger than they thought

Break bread but don't desire the dessert of lies. It gnaws at your brain sucking
out your thoughts and replacing it with an empty encore. Lose that appetite.

Be inspired to defy the odds. Let your pride dictate your walk

Do not let them tag you with that "third world" label at all

Remember you do not represent the norm. Be the exception.

Let them wonder and exclaim at the way you carry your name

Don't jump out of your skin when you lay eyes on its opposite

Whether you live on the outskirts of the last century or hold the

status quo for today's society, refuse to bow down to it. To them.

Stamp out inferiority tendencies. Do smile, offer friendship but don't serve

it like an automatic right. What's malaria when you still nurse manipulative bites

Be inspired to grow; out of those torn clothes, adorn yourself with

priceless knowledge, let your children live on it and build on their dreams

Starve out hunger, orchestrate a new order. Your own way of things.

Disengage from symptoms of slavery. Snap off those puppets strings

Preserve your fading identity, Hide it! Don't trade it for their gold.

You'd only be paying for something you already own. Refuse to be sold.

Shift your ideas and products on their gross domestic grid. Don't fall to their

expectations; rise above it. Leave your mark on it. Wipe your feet.

Be inspired to compete, abandon the backseat. Excel. Africa! Be inspired.