WHAT HAPPENS ABROAD,STAYS ABROAD

WHAT HAPPENS ABROAD,

STAYS ABROAD

From the blackout capital of Accra do we move,

Straight to the electrifying city of Tokyo.

From the filth of Kaneshie do we travel,

Up to the wonderful city of Calgary.

To the awesome environment of Hawaii do we sneak out,

Away from the air pollution of Agbogbloshie,

&

From the indiscipline on the streets of Bantama do we escape,

Silently to the order on the streets of London.

Through thick & thin,

We seek our way abroad.

We get there & work like Robocops.

Sweating & combining two,three jobs with very little rest.

We pay our taxes diligently.

We do our very best to abide by laws of a foreign land.

We barely even flout laws relating to animals.

Our African leaders go visiting

And can’t help but fall in love with what they experience.

No wonder most,if not all of them have their families

Either schooling or residing outside the shores of Africa.

Sadly & unfortunately,

We return to our motherland

With the beauty & glamour experienced abroad left behind us.

The wisdom, knowledge, discipline & order

All disappear before our flights touch down on the run way.

We fail to litter the streets on London

Yet we easily mess up the streets of Osu upon our return.

Our leaders attend seminars upon seminars,

Conferences upon conferences abroad

On how to make the best of the country’s resources.

Yet they return to export the country’s raw materials in their unrefined state.

They waste tax payers’ money learning about sustainable power generation

Yet return to lamely explain why we can’t have regular supply of electricity.

We work tirelessly around the clock in Europe & the Americas

Yet when we gain employment in our home country,

We tend to work as if we’re doing our paymasters a mega favour.

Why can’t we replicate the positives we experience abroad in our country?

Why can’t our so-called leaders replicate the paradise they experience abroad

 Here in their home country?

Why can’t we work diligently & tirelessly

Like we do in foreign lands?

What hinders us from practicing the knowledge acquired abroad

Here in our dear homeland?

I took the trouble to quiz an African politician about this

And guess what he said….

‘My friend, this is Africa.

Whatever happens abroad,

Must stay abroad'