DESPERATE,NOT FOOLISH

Have u been hungry before?

When I say 'hungry',

I mean piercing hunger!

The situation where the only thing you need & desire in this whole world is just a spoonfull of gari.

You care less about sugar coz it is a rare luxury.

That is hunger!

Some of us are not lazy.

We work our socks off!

We're neither daft,

Nor block-headed.

We just happen to be unfortunate,

With no one out there to offer a helping hand.

Though some genuinely have no proper idea about the Corona Virus out there,

Others have ignorantly & deliberately opted to go against the COVID-19 prevention protocols.

I'm not holding brief for anybody.

A few are ignorant,

Whilst others are just stubborn without reason.

They just want their way out at all times.

But most of us are merely helpless.

Our survival each day depends on what we can make out of the day ahead.

We carry heavy loads on our heads over long distances for GHC 1.

We spend a greater chunk of the 24hours on the streets selling all kinds of stuff just to make GHC 5 per day.

We know we should be working smart.

But for now we find ourselves working hard,

Which we know doesn't pay.

We move with the wind.

If the wind stops,

We perish!

We want to be alive to see what the future holds for us & our families.

So flouting the Lockdown instructions meant to keep us safe is never part of our plans.

But we're faced with two dreadful devils.

COVID-19 & HUNGER!

Like the story of the lepers at the gate in the Bible,

If we go out,

We might contract the Corona Virus.

If we stay safe at home,

We'll die of Hunger Virus.

Any which way,

Something will certainly  kill a man.

So if u find us out instead of staying home,

Doing whatever it takes to survive despite the life-threatening virus out there,

Just know we mean no harm though our actions may harm the entire nation.

We're not stubborn,

Neither are we deliberately holding the nation to ransom.

We're not out for silver nor gold.

We're merely helpless,

And at our wits' end.

Just a bowl of gari,

Without sugar nor groundnut is all that's needed to keep most of us home till the Lockdown is over.

We absolutely have no idea where our next meal will come from.

We're fighting two devils.

COVID-19 & HUNGER.

We're caught between the devil & hard place.

We're neither foolish,

Nor stubborn.

We're just desperate.

Please forgive our 'foolish' ways.

#COVID19LockdownThoughts