MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS: 8-0

As blank as black
with pains and sorrows cursed
for money i pursed
but caught up with its footprint
even as the skeletons of rice
smiled at me

And then I saw the light
at the other end
but had to race through the tunnel
of pen and books

And even my sister
raced with me
wanted to be by my side
And had a torchlight
not wanting me to hold her

We came out strong and sweet
with my sister being tied
to her heart beat
And in a dozen months
she was filled up
birthing her resemblance of love
with smiles of joy

Ruminating
the sour experiences
of the birthing house
unlike my sister
my senior friend's wife
had it in black and white

Although the mosquitoes
did not spare her
I would not have been
in that place
where measles and diseases triumphed

Even after this
on the outside were mountains of mess
making the air fresh with filthy saches, papers and cobs
of harmful satisfaction

But of all these
cme the white teeths
and the broad chins
of my counry and China
making the world a better place