ALBERT KAUPA TOBE
An entry in The Crocodile Prize
Kina Securities Award for Poetry
Who am I?
A result of my past
My future a result of my present
How do I respond to my present?
I serve because I seek acceptance,
I serve because I am accepted
I serve because I seek to be loved,
I serve because I am loved,
What if I choose not to serve?
Rejection and isolation
Or acceptance and recognition
I am troubled and disoriented
being a Melanesian in this century