We Have Come To It Poem by EZEKIEL HARUNA DANBAKI

Dear revered reader
From my heart these unpolished lines

We have waited a long time
We have nurtured faith, tended hope
For this to happen

We have crossed many fountains
And have come a long way
We have waited patiently
Grimacing, in suspended sleep
Gloating,
For this major breakthrough

We are a people- great people
We have suffered asking many questions
Have stretched hopeful necks over immeasurable heights
We have climbed sky-reaching mountains
But this castle of doubt, jutting against hope and faith
Is yet the major challenge

We are a people- wonderful
We have power in our hands
Promises in our eyes
Freedom in our hearts
But the air we drink do not satisfy the thirst in our hearts
Until we get to it

Let the man... Prayerful
Add to it some hope
Let the woman... Faith-full
Polish anew her mustard-seed of faith
Because
We have come to it
Being within reach of our major miraclet