TWO BIRDS

You and I, two birds sitting on the branch of a tree

Contemplating if to fly above the world to see

Or sit under a pine tree and make love all through the summer

I always like to nest on the orange tree when not around you're 

I got a scent of you for the flowers are as beautiful

I could see the field of grains and a nest build for me and you

If it rains all through summer and your hands I can't hold

I will fly so high to fetch you a rainbow

To make your day memorable and colorful

I will pluck a bunch of lily flowers by the valley for you

So you and I can live in the world we both adore for ever

Every morning fly together to take a sip of a graceful day by the river

Something tells me all our dreams will come true

For when God created the world, He had plans me and you

© Akan Udofia E.  20014

EYE FOR AN EYE

Eye for an eye rots the world in dismay

Shadows of denied self-walking in the day

Sculptured in a dark memories of destruction

Evil kiss the heart and blindfolds her will

Surgeon trying to amend a mind in disarray

Heart stolen each day for conscience is gone

She leaves a world tasteful of unloved

No virgin to take away the cause foregone

Eye for an eye leaves the world fruitless and void

For the world need be cleanse of impurity

And unloved broken from it captives

© Akan Udofia E. 20014

WHAT ABOUT US?

Why can’t we share in our nation's wealth?

Why is it so difficult to enjoy our fundamental right?

Why is it the poor and innocent that always get sentenced to jail?

Why must we go on strike for the government to understand our pain?

How many brother needs to die, don’t we deserve good health care?

How long must we serve our country Nigeria?

Yet our parents queue at the pension office for months to get paid

Must we cry, lament, mourn or regret

For the many death in the grave cruelly judged due to injustice

What happened to our mineral resources extracted?

Yet our community leaves in sham for decades

Must we kidnap expatriate to view our grief

Must we vindicate pipe lines to get government attention?

What happened to our roads and electricity?

Why do we have to go to war and shared tears?

To understand the importance of peace

What about our youths, don’t they deserved a job?

Must we always ask for what we need from our government?

What about our children, don’t they need education?

How bad does our road need to get before they can be repaired?

How long will million Nigerians continue to live in abject poverty?

When politicians travel everyday abroad for holiday

What about us the common man struggling on the street?

Don't we have a say of a good life to live?

© Akan Udofia E. July 20014