The Faulty Human Thought Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

Poetry has given me the platform
To enter the intricate house of humanity
And explore the deplorable state of being
It is not the lack of ornaments or state of the art technology
That makes this house shabby
It is the absence of a coherent spirit
The ancient spirit of unconditional Love has long been rejected
A spirit of togetherness is in shambles
A spirit of individualism is running amok
Even on the world stage, humanity has no face of Love
Just a bunch of bloated egos on one side
And a stack of poverty-ridden nations on the other side
All sitting at the long cold table of humanity
Trying to find the equation to happiness, peace and prosperity
It is not my position to bring judgement to this house
I am only in pursuit of the truth
It is the faulty human thought that has injected this poison
Into the house of humanity
The tendency to compete and outpace each other
Has rendered the ability to address each other with dignity and love nonsensical
The human instinct of Love has been demolished
And a wall of ideologies has been erected
The house of humanity has been remodelled
And a lot of bright colours and ideas introduced
But this innovation has not helped the situation
It has only magnified the fault lines inside our minds
We are a people obsessed with selfishness, wickedness and fear
We have even injected these attributes into our mathematical and economic equations
We even embraced the world of capitalism and politics as a tool to refurbish our house
We adopted the fragile manuscript of democracy to bandage our inner deficiencies
We came close to curing the debilitating state of racism, religious fundamentalism and nationalism
But we were found wanting in our ability to embrace change
We paddled back to our old habits
Even when Covid-19 disease hit our shores
We consulted our old weaknesses (faulty human thought)
And dispensed vaccines following the principles of inequality
We did not consult the heart of Love
We renegaded against the Spirit of unconditional Love
Now, we must pay the price
And bear the costs for a long and debilitating pandemic

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