BLESSED NIGERIA


Cogitating on the miscellany of problems

Bedeviling our cautiously-created federation

Shoots round zillions of doleful spikes on the inside;

Pointing tirelessly to the abundant deposits of

Natural and Human wealth – enviable beyond doubt.

Regrettably, the arrow of development has been

Repeatedly thrown, solely, against the crude element –

Enriching only a handful – the real gang of terrorists!

Our remaining elements have been dumped on the

Back burner – cast into the pit of oblivion.

Our adroit minds are absent; but present in

Many an alien environment – serving as loyal tools

Of positive prosperity; justifiably forsaking their

Fatherland – who has woefully failed to avail them

Conducive conditions to express their superb ingenuity.

How long shall we continue to brook these intolerable

Beasts – squirming as derision-objects in the cauldrons of lack?

This seamy trend must cease; our dithering must cease.

The moment to enroll with the intrepid has come;

To make a choice, bound to alter our history’s course for the best.

This choice begins with you!


Good luck Nigeria!







DRUMS OF WAR



I hear it clearly

From far away;

A distant land – not too distant.

It is close enough

For me to understand.





I reel in excitement,

Fired up with anticipation;

Hot sweat, coursing down

My pitch dark skin.

Yes – yes, I am ready.





I looked up at the sky,

My arms, stretched out far,

Like the eagles,’

My heart reaching out, untamed,

To merge with that unearthly sound.






I feel the crave – the deadly desire;

Myself – no longer on the leash.

I forge dangerously ahead –

An obedient and willing soul.





Iyke Igwe
07030914532
igwesm@yahoo.com