“We were told that the lockdown would be just for a few days, but I saw that it was not about to stop. So, I wrote this poem to remind people to do what our President was saying,”
This week, we kick off our giving stories, by sharing with you a sweet poem written by Annabel Malinga, a little girl from Ebenezer Primary School in the newly formed Mbale City, in Eastern Uganda. The poem is a euphony, making it easy to follow the rhythm and sound notations. It makes it easy to read and remember.
The innocence with which she communicates her quatrain poem, makes it special. The message is clear and not a word of it is minced.
The 7year old budding creative is a resident of Atutur Subcounty in Kumi District. She says that her inspiration to pen down the poem, was drawn from the extension of the lockdown.
“We were told that the lockdown would be just for a few days, but I saw that it was not about to stop. So, I wrote this poem to remind people to do what our President was saying,” the little girl told us.
Also, during the lockdown, she also noticed that there was an increase in the number of people asking for food from neighbors and wanted everyone to be kind, to share with one another. She also says that she noticed children running about without following the regulations she has mastered quite well.
“This poem is also for the children who move from home to home to play, I saw on TV that even young children get coronavirus and they can spread it to other older people like our grandparents,” she intimated.
The young poet plans on writing more poems about the virus, to help spread the message of prevention of coronavirus within communities.
LET US
(By Annabel Malinga)
Let us be united
Let us share
Let us love one another
Let us be brothers and sisters
But,
Let us not forget to protect each other
To protect each other, we must wash our hands
To protect each other, we must wear masks
To protect each other, we must keep social distance
But,
To my fellow children,
Let us not go and play away from home
Coronavirus is walking
When you stay home, it will not find you
By CivSource Team