THE CHILD IS BLACK

By Esther Jeruto Koros 

Born incongruous, to the inheritance of loss  

To a terra firma already taken by force

Eyes subdued in mortification and lack

Detesting things all black

Grappling against nature

Scuffling not for wholeness but whiteness

For success is painted in white

 

Indoctrinated, jumbled with cock-tailed values

Not white, not black

Just here and there all compromised

School speaks the foreign

Religion both fearful and alien

At the crossroads, she makes a choice

She chooses the foreign 

Scuffling not for wholeness but whiteness

For success is painted in white

 

Born incongruous, to the inheritance of loss

When female and black and portly

The gentlemen exhort her entirely

Life happens to her

When she ought to happen to life  

Twice colonized

When the child is female and black and portly

 

While whiteness is exalted

And the foreign rapturous

She may appear ingenuous

In quiet wits while she beats

In silence, the white ascendancy

I might just as well

Be the parrot

Singing and trilling, be apprised  

For the future is black!


essyjeru@gmail.com 
0726179789 

Comments

  1. Great piece, filled with melancholy and quite emotional. Africa a raped continent.

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  2. 👍🏾 Good one. Pongezi sana 👏🏾

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  3. Lovely, I love the whole package. God bless

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  4. What a nice piece ! Congrax my daughter.

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  5. Ester my university mate I do adore you much...keep the spirit moving

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  6. You have a talent my dear, it's a wonderful piece

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  7. Very very wonderful piece,, congrats, keep it up

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  8. Congratulations Essy. Keep going. All what is written and good like this remain for decades and years

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  9. Congrats Esther. "Alluta continua".

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  10. I do believe in you my monter , keep growing mumy

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  11. Congratulations are in order

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  12. I can't have enough of your poetry. Go gal! You have always done it well.

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  13. Wow! Wow! Wow! Congrats Essy this is a beautiful masterpiece ! U will go far, thumbs up!

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  14. Wow congrats a strong message there

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  15. A nice piece! Congrats Esther.

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  16. The changing color supremacy: from white to black: the color of the future.

    Keep penning my sister.

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  17. Congrats Sr. Esther.......nice poem.

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  18. Nice one sister Esther.. congrats..

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  19. Nice piece. Brings out the various challenging scenarios in a world full of biases.

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  20. What a great talent.. congratulations

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