My Country Weeps

Posted by davidluiz in Old files, Poems, Political

My country weeps through the night
My country weeps in deep fright
My country weeps and prays to see the rising of the sun


For my country has its land – its own Zarephath
We have our place of Refinement
But we live in our land like a widow
For our widowhood signifies desolation
How Ironic and painful
That desolation thrives in a place of Refinement


My country’s case is like a child who resides on a pasture-covered ground
A ground flowing with water, milk and honey
“Go on child, eat of your refinement!”
But he can’t for the pasture-covered ground is covered by a steel sheet of corruption, filth and worst of all, ignorance…


This child starves and goes more hungry as the days go by
The elements don’t favor him but add to his peril
And standing afar off is a vulture waiting for the child to breathe his last so it can feast on its frail frame


So my country weeps
My country weeps for agony of this child of promise
My country weeps for the one whose life is about to fizzle away
My country weeps for the rain that might never fall
My country weeps for the smile that might never be seen on the face
My country weeps for those who died for no just cause
My country weeps for the unborn generation who may never get to enjoy pleasure that is rightfully theirs
My country weeps for the long nights that refuse to turn to day
My country weeps for the promises that were never fulfilled
My country weeps for the waste is endures daily
My country weeps for those who exploit the hungry and the needy
My country weeps for this child that is about to breathe his last
My country weeps for you who stands afar off and refuse to come close to save this child
My country weeps…


Today you can change this if you choose
Today you can put to flight that vulture that waits for the child’s waste
Today you can guarantee that this child of promise keeps on breathing
Today you can usher this child into its land of refinement and take away its desolation


Nigeria, it is time for you to choose
Your choice can make the difference…today