Letter To My Leader Poem by chidubem okeke

I HAVE CAPPED MY THUMB IN PAINTS OF BLUE
I HAVE RAISED MY HANDS IN VIEW FOR YOU
IN SUN MOST OFTEN
IN RAIN NO DISPAIR
TO SEE YOU GET TO THE PLATFORM AND THE DESK

ROT NOT MY NATION
RIGHT IT IN POWER
GIVE ME MORE BLESSINGS
NOT BLASTING OR CRISSES
CLEAR THE MESSES
NOT THE MASSES
THAT YOUR LAW AS FINE LINEN
WILL I RECEIVE
TO ADORN MY SOUL

BUT YOUR COFFERS DO NOT FILL
AT THE BLOOD OF PUBLIC COFFINS
BUT SWEAT SO WELL
AND BY YOUR SWEAT, LET OUR FOES FALL
LOOK TO YOUR FEET
SEE THE DUST THAT HAS BEEN WASHED OFF
AND REMEMBER THEN THOSE WHO LIE IN DUSTS
IN THE POVERTY OF THEIR HEARTS
AND IN THE DISPAIR OF THEIR SOULS