If We Vote Wisely Poem by Ojeikpo Elijah

If we vote wisely
We wouldn't
Have wailed and dirge.

Quest for noble is hard?
What a deafened silent colony
But who bewitched us?

If we vote wisely
We wouldn't have
Sat on the edge
Awaiting the cock to crow

Vote did not count
You roared.
But to whom you casted
Your lot?

If we vote wisely
Our garments wouldn't have
Rolled in blood
And cropped our diamonds in fears.

What's wrong
Wrong with us
Either north or south
East or west we are one.