OH NIGERIA

Oh Nigeria, why do you allow me to bleed?
Why do you allow your selfish desires get into your head?
Why are you destroying God ultimate creation out of despair?
You cold blooded minded and selfishly leave pains and despair
You pierced my heart in my sleep and leave him to die in the morning
And shed man's bosom with fear and tears and mourning
As fate sat by the park and watched souls unjustly destroyed without pity
Murdered on a broad day, chaos running in the midst of the city
Hearts broken into pieces, the atmosphere we can't bear
Lives taken off the streets like balloons flown into the air
Wounds left in our hearts that can never be healed
Please, you've got to stop this madness and give love a chance to stay
You've got to change your perception and look at life with a heart that cares
For violence only bring us pain, hatred and regrets 
I mourn with thousands of families who love ones will never see
For they left us so abruptly that we couldn't find time goodbye to say
May the souls of all the lost heroes rest in thy will this day
May they find the peace they never had while here on earth they once stayed
May the light of conviction shine in our hearts and it be changed
May it come but chase away these shadows of hatred
It’s enough going through life just to be fed
For man got to stop destroying lives each and everyday
For we need peace and God's love to forever stay

© Akan Udofia E.

TIME AFTER TIME

Time keeps running ahead of me

My dreams I watch from a distance

I have sacrificed so much but things are not working right for me

My ambitions are vogue, they fly so high

Like trying to measure the length of the sky

The clock ticks every second, so does my dreams

And the distance between a man’s life, far apart it seems

I've got to live my life from the beginning

Maybe someday I will fit in

© Akan Udofia E.

LAST NIGHT I HEARD AN ANGEL SING

Last night I heard an angel sing

The melody of the song touched my heart and it got blown away

Her voice was calm like the sea at dawn

Wind couldn't resist whistling the tone as they sing along

I saw the star smiling at her like they were gratefully revived

The world around me became anew

At first it seems I was having a dream

But I feel the pulses of her voice sank into my heart

The evening was friendly; she took me for a walk

She sang all through the night, for sleep I denied the pleasure

I couldn't allow him to take such a special moment away from me

I wished I could write down the lyrics and sing them to my heart today

What a beautiful memory to behold an angel sings each day

I once heard that one can sing like an angel

But the voice I heard last night was out of this world

Have you ever heard an angel sing from heaven?

I beholden a voice that has never been heard before

Wished I could take a long drive to heaven

And spend the rest of my life listening to an angel sing

What a beautiful experience that would last a lifetime

© Akan Udofia E.