Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / NewStats: 3,150,602 members, 7,809,187 topics. Date: Friday, 26 April 2024 at 03:43 AM |
Nairaland Forum / Entertainment / Literature / Poems For Review / Tales Of A Nation (2273 Views)
A Nation In Doldrums. / The Tales Of My Fathers / Tales Of Shyness By @profakins (2) (3) (4)
Tales Of A Nation by poetictwenty(m): 11:23pm On May 04, 2021 |
TALES OF A NATION My teary eyes joins my fear-fill mouth In mourning the fall of a once great Nation. My Ears now crave for silence As each Day brings sad tales to her doorstep, Tales of what a once great Nation has become. My Brothers from the home of the rising sun Now walk a path that leads to yesterday. A path that tell tales of our horror history Where the brave bodies of our Fathers Lie in the battlefield, fighting against their country man. Each morning I listen to the prayer of a widow As she knocks on heaven’s gate for the sake of her son Who marched North in service to his Fatherland. Her knitted words begs not for her son to be rich But that he may live to breath another day . The Rivers of blood now flows through the streets of Portharcourt. I now sleep with open eyes in fear of what the night brings. “Your money or your life” is a greeting a brother now says to me . A thousands times , I gladly gave up my golds to live, As a Brother’s little-metal-friend frightened me. I watched as a Father’s teary eyes watched his daughter’s Lifeless body walk the path to a home beneath the soil. Her blood, inked in the Greenfields of Kaduna. For In her pursue of Education, she learnt a sad bitter truth; That peace has left the shores of Nigeria. (2021) 5 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Tales Of A Nation by Toniopadua: 10:12am On May 05, 2021 |
You speak the mind of every Nigerian. |
Re: Tales Of A Nation by jerrydelight(m): 9:43am On May 12, 2021 |
I like your style |
Re: Tales Of A Nation by Othuechere1(m): 11:07pm On Jul 06, 2021 |
Such a beautiful and stylistic creative writing. But I disagree with you that Nigeria was once a great nation. Nigeria has never been great. |
(1) (Reply)
If I Had A Son Today / Ozoemena / A Night With Nature
(Go Up)
Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10) Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 7 |