oluokun david

Though in nature abundance we swim everyday
Though our land flows with milk and honey
Yet in distress and poverty we cry and pray
For a Nigeria that could be as sweet as our president's tea
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There is a flaming coal
On the river of my soul
Kindled from the depth of hell
Wherein all men once fell
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Out in the middle of moist misery
Lost in the dilemma department of my mind
Looking but not seeing
Almost getting blind
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Calm is the air, the sun is late
i lie and hope to flip my state
to blissful solemn unconsciousness
but then my eyes let them through to my brain
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An obsessive race of heightened fright
To a misty world beyond my sight
Did i indulge in toxic wine?
Just when will i reach my deadline?
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I spent a million years waiting on hope
At a busy junction of indecision
Where demons tease and angels beg
But mankind chose to rule their own
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Take my ageing soul back home
Listen to my mother's lengthy tales
Of loneliness and raining tears
And against hope she stood for God
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