Blog about Art, Poetry and Prose

Blog about Art, Poetry and Prose

Thursday, July 10, 2014

FOR THE PEOPLE



This is for the people
The common man hustling on the street everywhere
Trying to make a life in Nigeria hash atmosphere
In dismay watch the government each day getting crueler
Children hawking on the street to fend for a younger sister or brother
Who've suffered so much that life’s losing hope
Student’s everyday fighting high tuition fees to cope
Don’t lose hope; God is not done with you
You can make it because He still believes in you

This is for the people
That have been oppressed, denuded and suffered unjustly
You look at the good things found around the world
Wondering if it’s a crime to be happy in this world
For reasons unknown life is unfair to you alone in each day
Good people suffering; bad leaders uplifted and appraised everyday
In time all these sorrow and pain will go away
Tell the heart he can make it if he believes in you
Because God has promised He will never depart from you

This is for the people
Who find it difficult to have a day square meal
Every day craved to succeed putting on more zeal
Committed so much effort on a business or a job
But wealth looks blur, far ahead from what you are searching for
Sons are jobless; daughters are selling their bodies for money
Scared to look at the reflection of life in the morning
If you can be patient and look deeply inside, you will that find success resides
For those who are optimistic and willing to follow their dreams
With God it will work out right for you and me

These is for the people
Who wonder what happened to all the money
Invested in the power sector and economy
Why do we hear so much money input in budgets
Yet we are losing our indigenous wealth to foreign investors
Politicians, contractors are living life at large
While the common man on the street everyday tries to survive
You ponder if you’ve done wrong in believing in your country
Because you have suffered so long for century
Things get bad instead of them to be better every day
Just like our society are nowadays accepting gay
I pray God give us the strength to love ourselves
And more will to love and believe in one self


© Akan Udofia E. 2014

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

LOCKED IN A ROOM




I am locked in a room
Tired of walking in the past
I can't find a true friend out of this world
Nothing out here can lift my burden off
I can no longer tell the differences in a friend and a foe
I can no longer tell the day there would be peace at home
I don't want to see hearts stained in blood
Can't face an unjust world anymore
Let me die alone in the dark where I belong
I don't want anyone looking out for me
I can't walk a distance without feelings of hate
I can't keep seeing the innocent crying everyday
Mother helpless victim of man's cruelty for love is abandoned

Lock me in a room
I don't want to have no friend anymore
I don't want my heart hurt and bleed any more
I just want to live as an outcast
Wait till God call these day my last
There is so much pollution in the mind
The hearts greedy, it can’t seem to get enough
There is no more evening that bare a smile
Just the wailing of a world running clockwise
Good is forgotten, the cloud bares on it no star
I no longer want to be a victim of an unforeseen world anymore


© Akan Udofia E. 2014

IT'S NOT JUST A FEELING




It's not just a feeling that I have a crush on you
Last night I let my guard down so I can be with you
It's hard to admit I don’t love you since I met you
I am intoxicated with emotion and feelings for you
Nothing can turn down the joy I have spending time with you
In the morning I feel excited because I had you
As a juvenile feels spending Christmas Eve away from home
The cloud on my head is empty, without you I couldn't find a star
A night without you going to leave in my heart a scar
I will lose the feelings in my heart for I am deeply fond of you
Night and day my feelings I wouldn't change
For I have a soft spot for you; and scared it will forever stay
When it doesn't rain in November, the sun gets out of reach
But it can't stop the star from smiling; she knows you feelings I can’t breach

The grave can't contain a heart as mine destine to forever be with you

© Akan Udofia E. 2014