Glimpse Of Hope Poem by Dr Anthony Onoja

Today the sun rises from the brink of the savannah
Atlas! we were united in our diversity
I knew not an Igbo, a Yoruba, nor a Hausa man
Today we all were united against our fears and faith

Then came the three rivers that always divided us on a borderline
First, is the infamous flips of our commonwealth coins
the other is our tribal genotype that gave us disease of hate from birth
Lastly, comes our irresistible taste for foreign faith strange to our fathers

It is not new that we set Barabbas free and crucified our Messiah
Men will always trail in packs as long as the games reserved

We married the hunter to satisfy our lust for the game
Not far off the cliff, our tipping point is near
From a rare view, we see the sky is blue
Until we learn not to run
Salvation is off the horizon

Just leap before the canon blow off the bridge
Atlas! there was no country
At last, comes our great divide
Our hope came but we dash it to the vultures
The carcass is now left for the kill
Soon the hunter shall become the haunted
There the old Nigeria shall die and a new one shall emerge! !