valentine orji
@valentineorji949581
1 year ago
#Poetry
WHILE WE AWAIT THE REAL ROAR OF THE AFRICAN LIONS ! . . .
Sparkling springs of Her offspring flow ceaselessly
Their innate glowy intelligentsia and aura dotting their tracks globewide
Yea, while we await the Real Roar of the African Lions !
Unproductive and Barren drawing boards
Lapse away our precious time and endowments !
Our lands ooze with senseless morbidities that irritate and tense so
Yea, while we await the Real Roar of the African Lions !
Every once in a while the Real Roar of the African Lions has sounded
Fierce and terrifying to the auditory lobes et al !
But is not the main vocal cords founded in Humility and Forthrightness ?
It sounded in Patrice Lumumba,
Nyerere, Nkrumah, Kenyatta et al !
Yea, while we await the Real Roar of the African Lions !
How hard it is to forget the high pitch of the African Lion in Mandela !
But why doth elucidation of the Lion's central vocal cord remain elusive in it's lands broad ?
Exceptional Innate Intelligence. Humility yeilding unsurpassable strength from Unity.
Are these not the lucid Hallmarks of Lions
Domiciled mainly in Africa lands ?
Yea, we await the Real Roar of the African Lions !
The yonder lands of Asia have their Tigers
And how the Asian Tigers have zoomed and lept !
Mightier in weight and Valour
Yet humbled and outclassed by Leo
Via the secret of Humility and Fraternal care !,
Yeilding unsurpassable Strength ensuing from Unity !
Lion of the Tribe of Judah, a holy book declares !
Why not Tiger of the Tribe of Judah ?
Is not the secret of Leo an open secret ?
Being one immensely endowed with Intelligence, Might and Bravery ;
Yet One who opts to humble himself to gain peak of mights !
Exalted Leo prefered to exalt Humility and Fraternal care !,
Heralded unsurpassable Strength surely did he attain !
And is Leo not set an example for Life ?
A Life example as it were ; And largely domiciled in Africa lands !
Unmistakeable the royalty and abilities of Leo !
Acknowledged everywhere by they that know !
And even divinity !
Oh that the African Lions would roar their Real Roar !
A fresh consciousness springs forth
Even in the natural greens of Africana
Yea, even in the very heart of Africa
Even in Her most populous of Nations
Yea, an indellible Leap here springs forth !
Via one Courageous and Dynamic and Innovative
One called ASIWAJU ; progressor, potentiator, fueller !
Go, go, our ASIWAJU,
a shining example of the African Lions to make !
Your time, our time, Africa's time has come !
Go, via the paths of our humble but mighty African Lions !
Wise enough to decipher and prefer the strength of Oneness
Though it demands the Stoop required by Humility
Go, via Nationalism and Innovations
And the real Roar of the African Lions
Will surely resound in you
And stay ignited onwards this time !
Valentine A. Orji , Lagos, May 2023.(pharmacist, writer, compere/motivational speaker, Marketing/Business Consultant, Life coach)
