Nigeria In The Clockwise Of Time Poem by Alade Abayomi Idris

Isn't this Nigeria
Isn't this the country i was born
Isn't this the nation of my youth
How deteriorating you have gone
In the clockwise of time.

Shaking pillar of Nigeria
Make dogs around roar
Claiming the kingship of the black jungle
In the life time of the true lion
Nigeria how deteriorating you have gone
In the clockwise of time
The strong pillar of Nigeria cave in
Stability gone into thin air
Vandalism, kidnapping, and wails
Trait my ones peaceful nation
In the clockwise of time.

I toyed with employment
Youth of today toiled for employment
When food in stomach i jump like the lamb
And give hand to communal work
Youth of today nearly die from ulcer
Thereby contribute hands in self upliftment
Looting from the high way
In the darkness of night.

Isn't this my country
With pillar strong as Iroko tree
How weak you have gone
In the helplessness of your youth
In the clockwise of time.