Barney Kanjela is one of Zambia’s most prolific literary heavy weights. The author of many scripts that have been translated into plays and performed in different countries. He is one of the forces behind Kitwe Poetry Corner.
CHANGES is Barney’s poem of the week.
CHANGES
By Barney Kanjela
For changes to be; there must be change
Instances, circumstances are due to change
Without change, there shan’t ever be a firmament
Like red ants, change marches on
So change there shall be!
Seasons are the reasons for change to be there
Even things can’t be there without change
Change is monotony’s Achilles heel
Brings about sunrise, noon, dusk and bedtime
So change there shall be
Change triggers the trek from birth to death
It converts soberliness unto drunkenness
It converts a good man into a bum
See Richard Likumba stagger into a house
So change there must be
The once shinny black hair is ash-grey
The britght, twinkling eyes are grey and myopic
The joints are now habitats for gout and arthritis
When my bones are interred change continues to change
So change there must be
Children of Mother Earth, heed my cry
Change is constant and it shall be.
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