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My Ballad For Nigeria... by Bamibor: 10:05am On Oct 01, 2014 |
SAD SMILES The smile of the weary labourer Whose toil is not feeding him The smile of the white-collared worker Whose pay does not take him home The smile of the limping old soldier Battle wearied his body writhes in hunger The smile of the man of yore His dream of heydays now but folklore The smiles of the child-beggar Nurtured by neither father nor mother The smiles etched to tired faces Those of the homeless and wanderer The smiles of the forgotten races Cut off from civilization and its aura The smiles of the stricken populaces Ailing from her very own leader The smile of the schooled job-hunting man Standing with shivers in the rain Zoom zoom goes the pot-bellied politician Exotic fleet following in his train Splash splash the squalid taint lashes on Through the glass he sees them grin His smiles all soggy and his gaze forlorn He wonders when the sun will shine on him Smiles mangled by many cheerless tears Smiles battered by several spasmodic throes The fruit of man’s unkindness to man Smiles that plaster our shredded doleful yarn Smiles that veneer my people’s reality Smiles from hearts where joy is rarity Smiles yes smiles but pain there lies My people smile sad smiles
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Re: My Ballad For Nigeria... by Ray360: 10:20am On Oct 01, 2014 |
Well Written bro. Quite deep! Nice use of words too. I enjoyed every line. "smiles mangled by many cheerless tears." sweet! |
Re: My Ballad For Nigeria... by Bamibor: 10:41am On Oct 01, 2014 |
Ray360: Well Written bro. Quite deep! Nice use of words too. I enjoyed every line. "smiles mangled by many cheerless tears." sweet! Thanks a lot....I'm flattered |
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