Poem Performed by PHAU Team during the #RotaryCancerRun2014. #CANCER Of sugar and smoke-who is to blame, I blame the sugar; you blame the smoke There’s a cancer epidemic and we need someone to blame Blame the sugar as I front the smoke Should I chain the sugar as you chain the smoke!? The cancer is now a pandemic and we need someone to blame. All children and the old are prey to this cancer As it spares none but devours all It strikes the young threatening that they should not grow old As it feeds on the bones and flesh of both old and young. Cancer devours all, leaving no share for tomorrow; It denies nations more leaders for tomorrow; One soul at a time, it slowly sends to the grave Who is to blame for your ignorance? And who for the late screening? Who shall I blame? I blame sugar! I blame the smoke? I blame you? Nations black or white; it devours Ages young and old; it does not segregate? Who shall I blame? I blame sugar! I blame the smoke? I blame you? Sights have been blurred, Visions have been torn, Tissues have been rendered wasted, As the glands are no longer useful, I hear a time bomb they have become as per the doctor’s diagnosis. Who shall I blame? The cheeks have been swollen, The brains have not been spared either, Bones have become feeble and brittle to walk With blood thin as air; Could that be leukaemia? Who shall I blame? I shall not blame the sugar nor the smoke. Is it lifestyle to blame or you who has done nothing; I blame me for I have not taken action to prevent, promote and protect. Her genitals were not spared His foot is rotting with a zombie slowly crawling The babies lungs fail to function- he needs a transplant. Who shall we blame? We should blame us the community For we have not joined hands well enough to fight this pandemic As one to prevent, promote and protect. The young child knows not of the burden and cause of this pandemic, I shall blame me the community for I have not taught That the sugar they crave in all its sweetness is food for the cancer And that the lifestyles they take can expose them too to the cancer. Let’s join hands as the community, And save the lives that have been struck by this cancer, And prevent it from feeding on our community And that there will be no more blaming But gratefulness for a work well done as the community. © Public Health Ambassadors Uganda 2014 Composed for Rotary Cancer Run 2014
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 08:57:29 +0000
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