Africa, Come Down, Jump Down! ! ! Poem by G. Akanji Olaniyi

The height is unenviable
Height of poverty
The altitude is unenviable
Altitude of prolonged wars, conflicts and battles
The summit is unenviable
Summit of economic woes and corruption
The pinnacle is unenviable
Pinnacle of bloodshed and wickedness to ourselves
The peak is unenviable
Peak of financial mismanagement and money laundering
The top is unenviable
Top of child abuse and trafficking
The apex is unenviable
Apex of poor and visionless leadership full of greed
The zenith is unenviable
Zenith of political conflicts and backwardness
The solstice is unenviable
Solstice of family and societal negligence
The hill is unenviable
Hill of drug abuse and trafficking
The mountain is unenviable
Mountain of mounting economic depressions and collapses
Africa, come down, jump down from them
It’s a thorny height
A scary altitude
The wicked summit
An untenable pinnacle
A shameful peak
The worrisome top
Kind of a troublesome apex
What a fearsome zenith
An unfathomable solstice
The dangerous hill
A dreadful kind of a mountain
Africa, come down, jump down from them
Your citizens are shouting and crying
Your people are yearning for change to better living
The whole world stands waiting with full eagerness
For the sleeping giant to wake up
Up from his lazy slumber
To join it in celebrating good life
A life devoid of these vices
Africa, come down, jump down
Take the lowlands to your progresses
To your advancements
And your developments
Africa, come down, jump down from them
And live your life into greatness

Olaniyi G. Akanji
© 2015