Living in the 21st Century (8): Fooled By The Lion's Gold

Louis Egbe Mbua

And then the fool found rare gold

In his house it was not found

Because understands him not

The concept of morality;

Mutual consent he knows not

Since he knows but force savage

In execution;

Like an untamed beast living

Wild in the grassy plains, Africa’s

Gaming life athletics thrive.

Lions with arrayed leisured lives

Ordered in stepped hierarchy,

Organised for the survival

Of curious cubs;

Lioness the colour of pride,

A resemblance of real gold,

The fearless lioness as wise,

No fool but to feed her cubs,

And at rare times the young cubs,

The pride kills in ignorance but

So so ndolo*;

Do the young ones experience?

And rejection they know not.

Like pure gem do they prosper?

Alert! In their boundaries;

They defend with untamed pride

The last inch of ground they do

In savage style;

Attacks on their sworn enemies,

Ferocious in their gapped dens,

Playful are the agile cubs,

Catwalk the preying practice;

Grooming and silent bonding

His created nature, the lion

Is not a fool!

*Always love