OH KENYA, MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, MY MOTHERLAND. A POEM BY MARGARET FAVOUR BLESSINGS.

OH KENYA, MY BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, MY MOTHERLAND. A POEM BY MARGARET FAVOUR BLESSINGS.

by Margaret Favour Blessings

Oh Kenya, my beautiful country, my motherland.
What has become of you?
The beautiful green cover that you use to have,
Yes, those forests filled with singing birds, wild animals, butterflies;
Are now gone...yes,gone gone , gone forever.

Oh Kenya, my beautiful country, my motherland,
This treasure that I adore most, given by my maker, GOD.
What has become of you?
Those beautiful rivers which use to run and emptying themselves;
In to bigger rivers like Athi and Tana.
Causing them to swell,swell,swell with waters reaching the river beds.
Have dried up.
Yes, gone,gone forever and forgotten.

Oh, Kenya, my beautiful country, my motherland,
What has become of you?
The flora and fauna you used to boast of, is now destroyed,
Gone, gone forever.
Oh my fellow Kenyans, my country men,
Can you stop cutting down trees and burning charcoal illegally,
Can you stop for a minute and think what kind of a future,
Your children and their generation will have?

Oh Kenya my beautiful country, my motherland,
Who robbed you of your natural resources? Is it not man?
He boast of farming near water catchment areas,
he boast of grazing in virgin forests and cutting down trees for timber,
But instead, nature is watching ready to revenge on him,
And this time with all it's might. Yes, no rain,no food,no animals,no forests, nothing;
Yes,I hereby quote Professor Wangari  Mathai once said;
"Nature is quite unforgiving, if you destroy it, it will destroy in return.
Watch out!, for that is what it is doing now......

What is the solution to this problem my dear Kenyans ?,
Respect nature, avoid illegal cutting down of trees,
Avoid farming near water catchment areas like Mau forest,
Stop overgrazing and avoid water and air pollution.
My fellow Kenyans, wake up, let's save our country Kenya,
Yes, let's save our motherland.
Yes, plant a lot of trees, let's practice the right farming methods.
Together, let's make Kenya better than the way it is now;
For the sake of the future generations.

Thank you. God bless you. MARGARET FAVOUR BLESSINGS.