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Where Art Thou? (poem) by AbdulFattah(m): 9:21am On Oct 05, 2013 |
WHERE ART THOU? ... I HAVE LOOKED AND LOOKED MY EYES ARE WEARY I HAVE WALKED AND WALKED MY LIMBS ARE UNSTEADY ... I HAVE SEARCHED THE WHOLE NATION YET FUTILE IS MY EXERTION THE PRESENT AND FUTURE I HAVE SEEN STILL NO SIGN OF THEE ... I LOOK TO THE HEAD SAID REPRESENTATION OF ALL I FIND, IT IS MUCH CROOKED FULL OF PRETENCE, SECRETS AND FRAUDS ... I LOOK TO THE COMMONALITY AND ALL I CAN SEE IS POVERTY A MASS OF UNBOUND SLAVES AN OCEAN OF DILIGENT ILLITERATES ... I LOOK TO THE SHEPHERDS BUT THE WORST OF MEN, I REGARD AFFLUENT SPEAKERS, UNQUESTIONED TYRANTS MASTERS IN THE DECEPTIVE ART ... I LOOK TO MAN’S LAST SOURCE OF HOPE OR IS IT HIS LAST SOURCE OF WOE? HAMMERING HARD ON PETTY OFFENDERS GOING BLIND, ON SEEING LOADED DEFENDANTS ... I LOOK TO THE YOUNG ONES WITH PROFOUND FAITH AND FERVOR LEADERS OF TOMORROW, I HEAR YOU SAY? NO! WHAT GREETS THE EYE IS SURELY NO RAY ... NO WHERE IS SAFE NO THING IS CERTAIN NOT A PUPIL’S GRADUATION TIME NOT THE HOURS WE SPEND AS NIGHT ... BAD NEWS MEET MY EARS DAILY UGLY SIGHTS SHAKE MY HEAD REPEATEDLY LEADERS GIVE NO DAMN ABOUT THEIR FOLLOWERS THEY, DO NOT CARE ABOUT ONE ANOTHER ... ON, I LOOK, BUT I SEE NOT HARD, I LISTEN, BUT I HEAR NOT IF YOU SAY STILL, THAT THERE IS HOPE THEN SHOW ME, WHERE IS ITS ABODE? ... Wrote It On Oct. 1st In A Pensive Mood Regarding The State Of Our Dear Nation.
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Re: Where Art Thou? (poem) by AbdulFattah(m): 9:22am On Oct 05, 2013 |
If You Care For The Link, Here It Is: http://adekunleadebajo./2013/10/01/where-art-thou/ |
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