For years to be added unto me, I do not proclaim
To acknowledge your deeds, I do proclaim
My tears you took and fertiled the soil
So, in vain no longer shall be my toil
For no adoration unnoticed, passed you
Even if I’ ve got no gold
Worship I’ ll still give unto you
For you are God
I can see your deeds splattered over the shores of time
And for that and for you, my lips shall rhyme
Like a dog, I shall wag my tail
Just to demonstrate my tale
In time of distress, I shall not stagger
Rather, like David I shall go gaga
For when I was down and out
You gave me reason to live again
So, like a child, I shall skip about
For your knowledge has become my gain
Even at the time of no dime
For that and for you, my lips shall rhyme
On your command, still the waters stayed
On the mention of your name, evil fled
By you, man was made
And by your power, the devil bled
Just like a child, your praise, my lips shall mumble
Like thunder, your praise, my lips shall rumble
Like a mad man, I shall speak in unknown tongues
Out of insanity, I shall blaster in unknown tongues
When I get dumbfounded, I shall mime
And for that and for you, my lips shall rhyme
The poem “MY LIPS SHALL RHYME” was written by Stanley Ejiogu and can be used for reflection purposes. If it has to be read, the author’s name has to be mentioned.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Copyright © 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
WHICH WAY NIGERIA?
They never contested
They shot their way to the top
Till we protested
And blew our top
Promising us a change
They left
Looking at the right,hoping for a change
We forgot the left
From there they came
And kings they became
No longer in their original forms
Because there were no uniforms
Which they' ve traded for gowns
And their caps, they exchanged for clowns
So life really became a stage
A palace without a page
They, the actors
We, the spectators
Being forced to cheer
Because we are afraid of the deer
Just like their skin, their hearts are black
Looking forward and never turning back
Because soldiers will always be soldiers
And every houses will always look like a barrack
Of ourselves, we are prisoners
Looking ahead for better days to come
But when shall it become?
When the owl still howls at night
And the deer still prowls with might
Because like coal, the heart of man is black
And a voice still rings at night weeping,
'Which way Nigeria'?
AUTHOR: STANLEY EJIOGU
The Poem, WHICH WAY NIGERIA? was written by Stanley Ejiogu. No part of this poem
should be reproduced in any form without the consent of the Author. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
They shot their way to the top
Till we protested
And blew our top
Promising us a change
They left
Looking at the right,hoping for a change
We forgot the left
From there they came
And kings they became
No longer in their original forms
Because there were no uniforms
Which they' ve traded for gowns
And their caps, they exchanged for clowns
So life really became a stage
A palace without a page
They, the actors
We, the spectators
Being forced to cheer
Because we are afraid of the deer
Just like their skin, their hearts are black
Looking forward and never turning back
Because soldiers will always be soldiers
And every houses will always look like a barrack
Of ourselves, we are prisoners
Looking ahead for better days to come
But when shall it become?
When the owl still howls at night
And the deer still prowls with might
Because like coal, the heart of man is black
And a voice still rings at night weeping,
'Which way Nigeria'?
AUTHOR: STANLEY EJIOGU
The Poem, WHICH WAY NIGERIA? was written by Stanley Ejiogu. No part of this poem
should be reproduced in any form without the consent of the Author. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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