Africa
Towering peaks rising to the sky
The ocean hitting the shore
Africa a land where lions roar and cheetahs run
Where eagles fly high in the sky
Your beating drums tell of your beauty and splendour
Africa Africa my land
Your red sunsets take my breath away
Huge elephants roam your land
Graceful springbok jump like rainbows on your plains
Africa land of hope
Land of dreams
Stars litter your skies like diamonds in the night
Giant whales swim your waters
Africa land of freedom, equality and forgiveness
Rainbow nation
Africa you are my home.
Baby Alex
Born with HIV
In a hut in Natal
Two brothers and sister
Parents also sick
He has no future
He has no life
For he lives in poverty
His HIV will soon be AIDS
This disease is real
It kills all
Knows no gender, race or age
Alex`s parents will not live to see him live
They have HIV and gave it to him
His brothers and sisters now care for him
But they are children too and should be having fun
We need to fight this disease now
To make our children`s world AIDS free.
AIDS
It destroy everyone
It know no race or gender
It target children and adults
Rich and poor
We have to stand up
Act against this nightmare
We can beat it with knowledge
Ignorance plays into its hands
We need to fight this for our children
For their future
For our nations future
We can fight it through education
Knowledge is power
People with AIDS are like us, don’t discriminate.
AIDS is real.
Peace
We have to stop this fight
We have to end this bloodshed
We have to work for peace
Peace on both sides
We have to make peace for our children
This suffering has to end
We can`t keep loosing lives
Peace will happen if we come together
We have to have humanity, then we will have peace.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Olga moved to South Africa from Ukraine in 1997 when she was eleven years old. She is studying hotel management at college.
Her E-mail address is: emian@telkomsa.net