When we were in panties
And when gullibility marked our heyday
We sang of heroes past
Of heroic sons and daughters

Yesterday was pillared on hope
Hope of a better tomorrow
But that which we hoped for
Of that which our hope tethered
Vaporized
Leadership tragedy assassinated
All that we which hoped for

Nigeria!
Whose pocket was hitherto filled to brim
With so much in kitty
Degenerated into a pauper state
Because of prodigal sons and daughters

Our hope was only a hope
Our dream remains a dream
Yesterday we sang of heroes
Today it sans heroes

Lootocratic executives are just to steal
Kleptomanic judiciary is blind to justice
Legislatures just to fill their kitty
All to steal without pity

Tomorrow is bleak and dark
For a nation so blest with looters
The hope remain is ‘us’
The spring of ‘Arab Spring’ is what we need

© Femi Olabisi (November 2012)

@Femiolas