Treasures overlooked

Seated at a forum today, I listened attentively to a speech. And then it struck me that one too many times, I have heard Ghanaians from all walks of life (I have also made such statements) comment and lament on how we have x,y,z..(these variables might as well be constants as they always represent the same resources; Gold, Cocoa and Oil)...and how we are not managing these blessings well. And in that moment, this write-up came to mind and onto my paper. Treasures overlooked.

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The gold, the cocoa and much recently oil
The praises of old reiterated and remixed
But these three alone do not make Ghana the natural resource laden nation
That we boast of and include in our speeches when we lament of how little we make of what we have
We forget the rivers, the food crops, the human resources
Which we the people actually hold
The shea tree, the corn, the baobab
That we ourselves can touch and transform
The time to make something big out of the 'little resources' is far spent
Before another country sees the blessings which we are blinded from
And turns the seemingly little into great
God has blessed our homeland Ghana
It is up to us to make her great and strong

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Neina