You work so hard, even neglecting your loved ones Why? To put food on the table. You are arrogant and mean to a colleague- You’re like “what does he think he is? To hell with him! He doesn’t even put food on my table”. You are disrespectful to everyone in your neighborhood- When asked, you say blah blah blah and proudly conclude, “besides, they do not feed me” You settle for the worst- You don’t care. “As long as it puts food on my table” you say. You hurl insults at anything and anyone who doesn’t feed you. Someone hurts you and the first thing you lament about is how much you had to feed him/her for a long long time. Instead of maximizing your business to yield more profits and improve standard of living- You relax and remain stagnant. You do not strive to be better because you measure success by being able to afford a three-square meal daily. You do not think of human development in its entirety, Rather, all you think is ‘stomach infrastructure’ As long as belle-fu...
Amarachi Udochi-Nwachukwu (Nee NWANKWO) is a creative writer, author of a collection of poems titled, 'The BaobabTree and Other Poems' a Development Communication Specialist and the Founder of WeHelp Initiative, an Initiative that provides welfare materials and learning facilities for vulnerable and orphaned children. Her hobbies are reading, writing, travelling and cooking.