Sovereignty Poem by Folayemi Akande

Sovereignty

Shall I commend the pleasance of time and day?
Or lease praise to earth, mother of joy and pride.
For life is groomed, we all as frail a bride
The sky is wovened in veil dull as gray.

You are priceless as a breath if ever could weigh,
You make us tremble as unfit a tide,
Through the seas, on gelly glide, when far and wide
Wine-red hearts will falsely compare you this way.

The day is dark and sick as inward a dust,
God in his fit, made us wholesome as he could,
If nature be mistress, men will trample lust;
Blue ribbon of women, virtuously as they should.

To take thrill of them will be keen to a trust.
But who hast blood and think not of them a must?