English As My Second Language Poem by Tony Adah

I too have a language
That other people can
Learn as a second language
And I blame my forebears
For their lakadaisical attitude
Towards the relegation
Of my language today.

I am taunted for
For every word of language
That falters in the use of my english
Faulty as english is
I am forced to rules
That utterly and woefully fail

Why should I be taunted
For a language that reneges on rules?
I am told that when making
Plurals from nouns
I should add 's' or 'ies'
But when the noun is child
It shamefully fails
For it is neither childs nor childies
It is Children!
I too have a language
Other people speak
As a second language.