by olatoyosi esuola | |
Published on: Jun 22, 2004 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=3750 | |
We are constantly swimming against the timeless waves of poverty Trying to stay afloat in the depths of perpetual corruption and religious crisis Forever praying for some form of miracle, divinity or intervention For God we feel is far too tired of the situation we have created upon ourselves We have been ruled by lack of vision, empathy and sympathy Thus creating fear, peril, suppression, oppression and inequities All to satisfy their insatiable greed, incorrigible illiteracy and inferior complex Pitiful sight as they rebel in their ignorance and strong headedness To fathom that a country blessed with all the riches of the world Bestowed with all the natural resources available to mankind Now a poor reflection of a once great and respected nation Living in the shadows of past glories and flashes of rear accomplishments Presently visible, as we sigh, is the wide gap between rich and poor Very narrow margin between sanity and insanity Thin line between integrity and dishonesty Fear of reliving history or enduring the future The way out is the one million dollar question Guiding the people towards that faint white light That glitters to illuminate the darkness in us And brighten our hearts with that iota of hope « return. |