Feed us not with lies anymore For our stomach are filled with empty promises. Our protruded bellies are not evidence of good living But of imbalance diet. How long shall we wallow in fear? Can’t we feel at home in our fatherland? For to be home is like a bird in the nest Not the… Continue reading AGONIES OF THE POOR: by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
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THE TAILOR
You’ve stitched tears on our faces And has made us to tread On the walkway of anguish You have weaved sadness on our hearts After stitching optimism of empty promises On our unclad mind You have clothed us With black attire of poverty As you murder prosperity away The homes fought for by our ancestors… Continue reading THE TAILOR
THE CRY OF THE CITY
Hear the cry of the city The pain of penury A family of eight crowded in a room The Kilimanjaro Mountain of filth Plus the consumptive stench And dilapidated architecture The sunken eyes and broken bodies All litter the nooks and crannies Hear the cry of the city The potency of the red… Continue reading THE CRY OF THE CITY
ON FATE’S LONELY LANE
I am the child the land defiled. In my limping heart is a blooming art. Laying my stooling pride in this torrent tide, under the rain, my joy was stained. Envisioned for years long to table a song about my ballistic life in this cruel strife. I view the light in its shadowy might. Thus,… Continue reading ON FATE’S LONELY LANE
THE MASSES’ PLEA
I keep wondering Whenever I look around me Is guilt is heavy on their mind? The rich have cornered the sweetest part Deceiving us with their holy lies Putting the masses in a place of hardship Where they cannot afford smiles! I keep on asking For the wind of change Because the joy of the… Continue reading THE MASSES’ PLEA
LIFE SWAP
If public schools are to the poor And private schools are to the rich Then let’s have different education minister Since our levels are different If voting is to the poor And holding position is to the rich Then let’s have different Presidents So as to know who leads who If making laws is to… Continue reading LIFE SWAP
IN MY MOTHER’S ARMS
All I could hear was the tune of my cry In the subversive cold of the darkness, My hands went searching for the comfort of my birth As I lay in my mother’s warmth filled arms My toys were handmade from care Piled up for the loneliness that shares the freedom Of a helpless child… Continue reading IN MY MOTHER’S ARMS
HELP
Lend me a hand, oh brother mine God Almighty will bless you much And when I stand tall after all I’ll recall the help you gave to me God Almighty will bless you much For helping me out of the pit Of self-pity and dire despair And when I stand tall after all Fraught with… Continue reading HELP
OH ELITE!
Oh Elite! You the shining light of today Blessed with riches (yours alone you say) Life genuflects and offers you pleasantries Sauntering across Life’s witty boundaries Will you continue to stare we that eat hay? We rendered prayers We offered alms We centered passions We gathered courage How pathetic. My soul cowers! Tell me, if… Continue reading OH ELITE!
MY SHOE
Too large for the world, fits yet my feet The way my toe strays, pauses and stays, As stagnant as lazy water in unthirsty hole. They may say that I’m too fast And if slow; tongues will sure call me sluggard Too small for the world and fits yet my feet The circle your tongue… Continue reading MY SHOE