N.I.G.E.R.I.A

If I could ascribe a common letter for anarchy

and nepotism, I’d say…N

Cos as a people we have never seen eye to…I

As all we've done is “eat” up the future of the self-conferred title

we tag ourselves, alas (forgetting) it’s the verb

in grEAT but we fail to see the…G.

Vain we have become to no one’s gain

spinning stories that have begun to wan…E

of how justice will be claimed for all maimed

yet if our voice is as loud as a lions

then why can’t we roa…R.

Letting our whips crackle and the demons

sent to hades for the crime and bloodshed

as all in favour of no amnesty nor dialogue say….I.

We have become a nation lesser than the

dreams of our father fathers fathers

A dream though little blossomed to forge

the name we now self loathingly take pride in.

A country that defined our identity is now a shadow

of the dreams of heroes past

A nation where her citizens are no longer bound in freedom

lacking peace and tranquility

deride peace and unity.

A nation unstable and in the throes of bowing

in veneration to shambles

forgetting there is strength in numbers like

words will be meaningless without vowels

just like her name will be pronounceless without an….A

N.I.G.E.R.I.A