Before Earth

By Janet Naa Adarku Quarcoo

You could have just let me choose;
I'm sure I would have made a perfect choice.
Satisfactorily. In my view.
You could have flipped by their pictures,
So I would choose their gorgeous skin colors,
The immaculate eyes.
The beautiful bodies.
You could have made me examine their bank records,
So I would choose the huge happy homes,
The latest cars.
And one of those expensive exquisite puppies.
Most of all, what I would have badly wanted to know,
Was how much they wanted me;
The joy I would bring to them.
But you didn't.
You only told me to pack my umbilical luggage,
And why heaven so gigantic
And by all standards, grand,
Would let me out through such narrow painful gate



I would forever wonder.
From the gate,
I fell into cries of glee and laughter,
Into awaiting eagerness,
With a silver spoon in my mouth.
From another gate,
I fell into the arms that never wanted me,
Into a toilet bowl,
Into gutters and garbage sites.
You choose who I love from day one.
They may cause me pain,
But I still love them anyway.
Everyday is a blessing,
Every minute, a lesson
Learning to be grateful is not easy,
But I have.
And all thanks to you.
So if it seems like I'm questioning you
Remind me of why I'm here.

 

 

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