Aba! My Aba!!
My beloved homeland and heritage
The ancient city of my forefathers
The land of the great Elephants
The land of merchants and business moguls
The land of victorious sportsmen and women
The land rich in food and waters
Ariaria, Foulks Road, Ogbor Hill, Azikiwe
The streets that make Aba what it is
History will never forget your riot of 1929

But what happened to you?
Your beauty, your pride, where are they?
Where are the gallant Elephants?
Where are those industries that made you thick?
Where are your once agile youths?
All like sheep have gone astray
Everyone to his tent like the Israelites!
Your youths are scattered about
Like scoundrels they fight for survival
All man for himself: survival of the fittest

Your streets are littered with dirt
Your air is filled with stench of pollution
Your roads are now dumping ground for refuse
Mosquitoes sing lullaby in our ears all night
We sleep with one eye open and ears drawn

Your youths have become lazy
They all seek the easiest way out
They resort to crime and vices as means of survival
because they lost their self confidence
The number of youth lunacy increase by the day.
Your maidens pervade the streets at Night
I fear my shadow at nights...No one is safe!
Fear of hoodlums, the police, army, Bakassi Boys!
I do not want to be a Victim of circumstance.

You used to be known for your versatility
now you are tagged king of fake products
you used to be a delight to investors and tourist
now you are desolate, left to die in the pool of your blood
the great Elephant!! Now you trod with head bowed in shame
How art the mighty fallen? Your eyes are beclouded with tears
Your skin patched with bruises and scars from your struggles
Aba my Aba, who will bring back your glory?

You have been lied to for too long
Those you so trusted have always betrayed you
They are wolves in sheep’s clothing
Vampires! They have sucked your children dry
Like the breast of the old, the water has run dry
They tax your children with numerous levies
They do not care for your children
They eat alone, they and their Children yet unborn
They use your sweat and build castles in foreign lands
They loot you to enrich other lands
Unrepentant fools they are! They do not hear the wailing of the people.

But I have a dream!
That one day, the Elephant will bounce back
That we shall be free from ‘our own’ that has held us captive
That the length of Port Harcourt Road and Aba-Owerri Road
Shall be liken to the streets of Paris
That investors, tourist, foreigners shall be struggling to come to our land
That our youths shall make sports and entertainment lucrative
That our children shall become professionals of various endeavors

I foresee a wind of change!
A hurricane! A cyclone! That will sweep the land of all ills
and usher in a haven of peace and tranquility!
I see the rebirth of my homeland for good
then shall we all gather at the Great Eyimba Stadium
and sing with one voice:
"Nzogbu! Nzogbu!! Enyiimba Enyii!!!
The dawn of a new era.

Lalastica i think the people of Abia needs to read this! Front page things!

Nice. But don't expect front page. Don't write for front page or for people to praise you. Write because you love to write.

Reyginus:
Nice. But don't expect front page. Don't write for front page or for people to praise you. Write because you love to write.

Guy i dont write for praises! It is a passion. The message of the poem has weight and political undertone that can change tle life style of those of us that live in Aba.
I see topics that make front page daily and when i requested for fp,it is because it is worth it. I have written articles here severally and i never gave a damn for fp save for this piece. Simply because it is worth it!

DOMAWOLEYE:


Guy i dont write for praises! It is a passion. The message of the poem has weight and political undertone that can change tle life style of those of us that live in Aba.
I see topics that make front page daily and when i requested for fp,it is because it is worth it. I have written articles here severally and i never gave a damn for fp save for this piece. Simply because it is worth it!

Okay. I understand.