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Grace Etim-James
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1 year ago

Title: HOPELESS.
Author: Grace Etim-James

#Poetry #July2023Poetry

The future is bleak, the land is grey.
They call us the future of tomorrow, yet, tomorrow never come.
I hear war cries from afar, the drum is beating.
Our land has become Egypt, we were once rescued from.
In deed, affliction has risen the second time!

How can you describe a land full of lions, led by a cock?
The once Giant of Africa has become an Ant unable to build Anthill.
A land full of religious fanatics, united in crime and corruption.
Indeed, Nigeria has happened to us again!

To thy tent oh Israel!
Like Ischabod, the glory has departed.
The chains that were once broken
Has found it way back to our necks.
Weep not for your land,
But for your fallen heroes
Whose bones littered along the way.
Oh Land! flowing with milk and honey
Where is your redeemer?

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Grace Etim-James @graceetimjames
Nice poem. A typical analysis of the present condition of the country. I love the picture used to portray Nigerians present and future thoughts.
1 year ago

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Grace Etim-James @graceetimjames
Nice poem. A typical analysis of the present condition of the country. I love the picture used to portray Nigerians present and future thoughts.
1 year ago