No drums to beat
And no flag to wave
No reason to dance
And no song to sing
64 years gone the drain
Nothing serious ever gained
Still struggling like toddler
Still groaning in BAT’s chains
Leaders’ promises slip by
Like sand by sea shore
Corruption’s weight too heavy
Crushes us each new day
Insecurity’s dark shadows
Are looming far and near us
The fears in our very hearts
Tear bones and fleshes apart
Good life now luxury
Only the rich can dare it
Water scarcity so common
A square meal now outlawed
Roads are crumbling fast
Infrastructures even decay
Our healthcare badly collapse
Clinics now turn death traps
Education is so abismal
Unemployment also a plague
It’s an endless companion
To everyone upon the street
Our youth’s varied talents
Wasting like autumn leaves
Both present and even future
Too wavery to ever imagine
October 1st: now a mere date
Reminding us of when pains began
A nation’s dreams now in vain
No more cheers or even toast
Only struggles, pains and tears
Remain on our coat of arm
No longer can we pretend
That all is well with citizens
More folk are shedding tears
Groaning too with heavy yoke
Whose end no one can tell
The problems too much to count. .
© Sunday Afolayan (2024), is the Chairman, Association of Nigerian Authors, Ondo State.
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