Sheriff Dada
@sheriffdada728892
1 year ago
#NIGERIANDREAM
A PLEA TO MY CHOSEN JAILER
Free me from this prison
Oh my chosen jailer
And let me breathe the air I bought with my precious blood
You told me the gun was cruel
That he would never let me breathe
Never to let a Nathan rise to confront a David's evil
In pains tears and blood we made the gun return to his bunker-
When our bleeding pens drowned his gunpowder
When our fizzy voices became drumbeats
And hoped never again to be cowed to breathe
Free me from this prison
Oh my chosen jailer
And let me breathe the air I bought with my precious blood
You promised to let me breathe the air of Uhuru
Or did you not promise to let me dwell in motley suffrage
To always let a Nathan make a David white as snow again
But now you frown when I see a speck in your eye
Even when logs dwell in your eye
You seem to have sworn never to make me feel the air
As each time I try to breathe you stops the air
Why then did I have to chase away the gun-
If I knew you were more inclement than the gun
What need have I to chase away the gun
If I knew my wasted blood would amount to hollowness
Free me from this prison
Oh my chosen jailer
And let me breathe the air I bought with my precious blood
Just like my neighbour in the West
