THE DAY THE NAIRA DIED!

Nigerians!!! Our leaders are selected and not elected!
Half-wits and maniacs rule our cities, pillaging
The bounties and legacies of our founding heroes;
All these came to be, on the day the naira died

The day the naira died, when which our ‘Play-God!’
Government chose to pervert justice and thwart
The tenets of honesty with blots of deceit and greed
Granting unimaginable corruption an eternal abode

The day the naira died, when which our virile youths
No longer see themselves as the leaders of tomorrow
But as rogue advocates for sociopolitical pandemonium
And mediocre thinkers of –“Get it anyhow!” ideologies

The day the naira died, when which terrorists
Slaughter without remorse and desecrate morality,
Carting off our promising girls as expendable tools for
Brainwashed convictions and godless violations

Our lawmakers and clerics fail to practice what they preach
Intellectuals and geniuses neglect the patriot call; they watch
Laissez-faire, as the masses agonize in pain and wry poverty
Oh! This abandonment came to be, on the day our naira died

Electricity fluctuates epileptically and our education
Renews its decadence with each passing day and night
What does the future hold?! Promises or Actions??!
For the naira is dead and must shall it rise again, God living!!!


© Pat Ashinze
Glasshouseorbit..com