I Am An African

• Imara Djumapili, Grade 9
• Poetry
• 2008

I live a life of stress and pain
I live a life with nothing to gain.
From poverty I feed
From diseases I bleed.
This is the life I live.

I’m an African .

I’m a farmer
I plant seed and watch the grow,
And in the fall, I reap what I sow.


Life in Africa can be little rough
But i survive from being tough.
Rewards may not seem great,
But the Lord provides if we wait.


Over the years i've never seem to lack,
Nourishment or clothes on my back;
I appreciate what I posses.