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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

FOR NIGERIA


Looking, intently, through Life’s always-revealing crystals;

In an imperative trip down the past lane;

Stands a lurid painting of the over five-decade old

Infant – the colored-master’s tainted work of art;

The ever-obedient slave – laughing joyously at

The severe whips of corruption – reveling in

Straggling all over the field of advancement –

Thus earning a spot in rating as still ‘developing.’

This pathetic history remains grounded on the portrait

Of baleful leadership – spewing out incongruous

Policies – all to the injury of the deficient masses.

Once again, the red carpet of choice has been

Rolled out – in colorful introspective embroidery.

It’s time to veer off the path of platitude; hurling

Back these stained elements; physicians of no value.

The quest for empowering the right good-doers

Must be sculptured on the base of unity; a

Collection of faithfuls – donning intransigent vests.

This quest begins with you!

Good luck Nigeria!





THE MIND’S DILEMMA



In the mind,

What truly lies?

Wanting, not wanting,

Seeking, not seeking –

A cycle of confusion.




In the mind,

Castles are built,

Desires sprout out,

Wishes spring forth,

How fulfilled are they?

All – but, surely, not all.




In the mind,

Imaginations are cast,

Dreams are shaped,

But really how true?

The mind, in you.




In the mind

Lies a deep cauldron,

Habiting good and evil.

The will – an ultimate prize;

A victim or victor,

All, in the mind.




Iyke Igwe
07030914532
igwesm@yahoo.com

ONWARD NIGERIA


The tracks have been tenaciously hewed out –

Straight from the core – unveiling the election course;

And an assembly of mixed blood – each savior

Armed with the solution manuscript;

The self-acclaimed catalogue – to eliminate

A collective yoke; the overall bondage;

Casting a cyclic restriction on the coal-colored

Entity – the soot-riddled, odd-shaped, nationality.

There are wild sails of polluted vows –

With the irresistible drug – the ultimate

Paper Power – lounging glamorously on center stage.

The war-gong has been sounded – initiating a thick row

Between Sentiment and Credibility,

Between Illusion and Reality,

Between Selection and Election,

Between Mediocrity and Meritocracy.

The eventual outcome begins with you!

Good luck Nigeria!




MAN’S BEST ENEMY


Oh death, who really art thou?

Encrypted you are, in many a myth,

Like words, symbolic, in a strange tongue;

Encased in mystery; deep rooted.




Many behold you as an illusion.

Are you really there? Others ask.

But you lurk under darkness,

Waiting to grab, even the most innocent,

With your slivery and cold hands.





Oh death, how proud you must be,

With no regards; lofty and high-minded.

Your voice cuts through the night and day,

Shrilling like a demented bell, but silent;

Seeking, seeking, the souls of Men.





You ride with grace and abandon,

Stealthily on the field of life –

An infamous soldier, on the horse of pride;

No doubts, Man’s best enemy.





© Iyke Igwe
07030914532
igwesm@yahoo.com

MY NIGERIA


Lying so cozily on the woolish couch

Of serenity – lost in the well of desire;

Seeking for the recall of a glory, unbruised –

A rightful repositioning of the highly revered

Dark giant, on the divinely ordained throne of greatness;

An overdue rebirth – a redefinition of

Values still lost on the altar of corruption.

It’s time to tear down the rabid partitions built

On the destructive pile of tribalism;

Rooting out the hydra-headed monster of religion.

There’s need to mow off the weeds of insincere

Leadership – enthroning faithful brave hearts,

Wielding the weapons of truth and justice –

Draped in the robes of honesty and

Dedication; with a deep sense of duty – a passion

To ascend our Fatherland to the pinnacle of matchless

Prosperity – finally linking the poor and the rich.

The right step begins with you!

Good luck Nigeria!





THE NEW DAWN


Sitting, relaxed, atop the cool grass-filled rock,

Jutting out proudly over the calm blue ocean,

I stared in stoned-wonder; held captive

By the magnificent rising of the yellow sun,

Ascending, gracefully, across the serene horizon,

And ushering in the bright and long awaited new world;

A world, free from the shackles of religion,

Unheld by the chains of ethnicity;

Devoid of the differences in colour.

A world wrapped up in the warm covers of peace;

Overshadowed by the immutable display of inestimable love.

A world tongue-deep in sincere equality;

Lacking the Political, Social, and Economic segregations;

Where none is poor or hungry; a violence-free

Community – where morality stands overall; scoring

On all points; in all ramifications.

I see a world where there are no foes – but friends;

Where the Lions lie closely with the Lambs –

Sharing, caring; and rapturously cherishing one another;

A world where the natural unites with the

Supernatural to form a universal positive whole –

Stamped with truth and justice.

This new world, which I speak of, begins with you!





OUR AFRICA


Our Africa, virtuous and seated with pride,

Distinct on her gun-throne of glory;

Taking her place amongst her equals;

A vibrant queen – unique in her very own way.



Our Africa, clothed in an aura of compassion.

Gathering her, always, erring children,

Like a chicken, her rebellious chicks.

Despite being surrounded by constant chaos,

Her head, like a diva, unflinchingly, holds up high.



Our sweet, sweet Africa.

A challenge – she meets it;

A problem – she weaves through it.

How clever, really clever, she is.



Our Africa, climbing the hills,

Surely, slowly and steadily;

Searching and reaching for victory;

A journey, with an end in sight.



(c) Iyke Igwe

07030914532

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