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Will you marry me?

will you marry me

will you marry me

The Poor Love Too (by Mark Lecuona) 2017

It feels like friends smiling in our home

To love someone so much

Who finds her shelter in my arms

No matter how deep the dust in our eyes

Or the fear in our minds

The future is never enough to believe

But a moment of love is forever

 

We were not born fighting

But we know how life can be for others

We try to think about the life in our hands

It’s hard not to think of ourselves

My children tell me they love me

The older they get the more they know

A simple man makes life simple for them

 

We try not to be afraid

How much worse can life be

We will not let it divide our home

Who could love like those who survive

People look down on us while they play

Our hands carry the shame they assume

But we built our cribs with those hands

 

We don’t care which side of the line we live

Mother Mary carried her baby across

They tell us how we should live our lives

The love of our people is too strong for them

We don’t know why they hate us

The poor never write the history books

They can only pray for mercy on their souls

Written by

Mark Lecuona

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Location: Lagos, Nigeria

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