Book Of Tenderness 1. Act Of Selflessness Poem by Pheko Motaung

To the current crop
Of the world's kings
And presidents and
Prime ministers
In the name of God
Simon of Cyrene when
He saw Jesus
Mobbed and whipped
The odds
Stacked against Him
Left his shop in
The market place
and risked his life
For the son of God
Will Your Excellencies
Come on board now
And sacrifice your
worldly wealth and
Give up what you have
amassed legally
or illegally and
Help the downtrodden
of the earth and
end this suffering
In the world now?