The Disordered Order Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

Mankind is an expert in the field of the disordered order
Through the years of turmoil and peace
Mankind has maintained his appetite
For this reckless philosophy
Keep the disorder inside the order
And chaos will not be seen
We saw this philosophy applied through the Roman Dutch law
Keep the police well fed and the society will behave
From the dusty corners of the planet
To the mangled dark alleys of the industrialised world
Poverty was kept hidden
Inside the delicate eggshells of fragile democracies
The disquiet was properly hidden inside the peaceful facial expressions
The emergency of pandemics is not an anomaly
Inside the disordered order of the present world
We have mastered the art of hiding behind our finger
We ignored the fact that the ripples of chaos are breeding more chaos
We were satisfied with our new found atmosphere of peace and prosperity
We were breeding monsters, from terrorism to pandemics
We have more tsunamis coming our way
Unless we accept that this unspoken philosophical state of affairs is broken
We will continue to nurse our wounds
We will continue to wallow in sorrow and pain
We will host the winds of uncertainty forever
We will not find the fibre of peace inside the vastness of our consciousness
Poverty is mankind's number one enemy
We have to dig it out of its burrows in our homes
We have to eradicate it from the fragile bodies of our children
We have to plant a sense of all for one, one for all
Selfishness is Mankind's downfall

©Kenneth Maswabi