Until Poem by EZEKIEL HARUNA DANBAKI

Blood runs in the body, flesh and bones the mind the heart and soul
This made us a people
We, these people that habitate the innocent mother planet
Will be trap by a singular fate
Until attitudes change
We, these people with attitudes that lament our very existence
Will be put at stake
Until genuine love make the strongest bond
Until value is accounted in one another
Until ‘the have’ and ‘the have not’ learn to live together
So they bake from same oven and drink from same pitcher
Until differences are weaved into oneness and singleness into togetherness
To aim for mutual benefit
Until the clenched fists of hostility are released to allow handshakes of friendship to survive
Until childhood dreams are not broken
By neglect, injustice and abuse
Until the head that wears the crown performs its duty of serving and caring
And priests emphasize morality and right living
Until women become women
And men, men
Until children are taught the 'whys' of existence
So the streets don’t become rowdy with maladjusted young
Until brave and bitter truths are voiced without conditions
And honesty watered into fruitiness
Until you and me nurture all these in our blood our hearts our minds and soul
We will be trap by a singular fate when
Junk-dumps fills
Mad-houses fills
Grave-yards fills
Until Holy living is viewed as the basis of life
It will be certain that
Eternal fire fills too!