Disaster Strike Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

It is not a thunderbolt
But a man-made bullet
That is killing millions
The human mind is a complex place
With its entangled neurons and synapses
And billions of information pathways to process and analyse
There is a perfect storm brewing in the minds of millions of people
This is a hurricane of the mind called "Anti-vaccination" phenomenon
I don't know the basis of this dangerous philosophy
But one thing I know is that it will kill millions of people
Disrupting families, leaving behind widows and orphans
It is a disaster of immense proportion
But we do not have an immediate solution or antidote
Except to kindly ask them to put aside their argument for now
And stretch their minds a little bit
Covid-19 pandemic has killed millions of people
Let's not add unnecessary deaths to this blackboard of statistics
We cannot judge you for abandoning your belief system temporarily
We can only pat you on the back for being brave enough
To hold common sense in your hands
Let us find the depth of our humanity
And forget our differences for a while
Let us vaccinate ourselves against Covid-19 disease

©Kenneth Maswabi