When Am Useless Poem by akachukwu chukwuemeka ( akabeks)

When I see me lazy about
And volunteer work abound to do,
When I give excuses on why I can’t volunteer
Then I look deep into myself and know am useless.

When people around me are hungry
And I have excess thrown in my dustbin
Because they must come and beg to get
Then I looked at myself and know am useless

When I see little kids out of school hawk items
At the traffic junction,
To raise money for food and fees,
And I drive pass on tinted vehicle
And call them nuisance,
Even when I can give free and private lessons
Or donate for their free education,
And I fail to inconvenience myself,
Then I look at myself and know am useless

When the street beggars fold at my gate,
And a little food and blanket can keep life
For few days at a time,
And I chased them out unconcerned
And they die of hunger or sickness,
And I condemned the government of insensitivity
Then I must look at myself as useless

When I look at myself as useless
And does nothing about it,
And pass the responsibility to others,
Then eye know I belong to a wasted generation

© 06/11/2010