Beclouded with the misty obscurity
The drums were rolled out but the tune
So distorted
We danced in insecurity
And marvelled as their hired crowd sang in tone
Fragment of their lying lips
Chanted their praises that will murder our sleep
For the next four years
We swayed bitterly, they swelled richly
Reaping again what we sold out for a morsel
And again we picked the devil,
‘Cos the gods in the land were all afraid
We danced like men possessed by evil spirits
The spirit of gluttony and greed smiled at us
As we raised our hands in the air to destiny
When we could have chosen
to take the sanctimonious steps
We have danced again to distorted tunes
We have played not from our ancestral flutes
Even the dead know how to chase out these mad men
With their gallant dance but instead, we danced for them;
To our failure ,till we drown in the stinky fen.
…beautifully constructed lines…
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Nice, well done…could be better
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Could really be better, but I liked the message which is very topical considering the current elections.
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thank you so much for your comments,I really appreciate them.
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Hmm…..Well done, and Welcome to the family…
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Very nice..I pray that won’t be the tale of these elections…hmmmm..
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Things can always get better, if we want them to be. I love this poem.
Well done!!!
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I like the poem because of the imageries created. Well done.
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Ditto @Lawal Opeyemi Isaac. U can also do better, we all need to! Well done
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This is a good poem with a promise (why do I keep saying this?)!
?With a little more tweaking of the construction and the lines, this poem will fly. Moreso that the poem is somewhat prophetic, going by the situation in Naija!
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May this not be the case this time around… GEJ, we dey watch o!
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