The Fair Queen (For Joy Eyisi) Poem by Eche Ononukwe

How you’ve made it;   
Oh you have made it!                
 
One day is one day
when we shall stand alive
with our sweet mouths wide open,
and our tongues ready
to tell the world the truth:
 
That day will be D-day
millions shall troop around us,
opening wide their ears
like elephant ears
just to hear the truth we tell them
then shall they give melodies
to their rhymical clamping hands
just for the truth we tell,
and they will doff their hats
just for the truth we tell;
you’ve made it:
 
One day  on that day
shall the world shake,
and brust for joy
On hearing dreams come true:
the moon will fly high,
the sun will smile as
the whole creation dances
‘cause you have made it.
 
One day will be that day
When your feet shall stand
on the golden podium
with your head bowed
to receive golden medals
that you’ve long toiled for,
and that day be great;
Oh you have made it: