Sorry For The Wait Poem by Ekwebelem Chidiebere

Good morninig Mr Postman
up so early, you don't understand
please deliver this letter
its to my elder brother
tell him daddy's been sick for so long
and now mummy's no longer strong
for so long i have heard about him
his name in our lips like the hymn
if he were here, things should be good
now we even have problem with food

He is my elder brother
his name is Hope
he had left home for so long
since i was very young
since then we have not heard from Hope
where can he presently be in this globe
we have been so calm like water in the lake
all these we go through, just for his sake
we heard he's been locked up in a foreign land
for what wrong, i still don't understand
he was a boy before he left home
i need to send a message to Rome
dear Pope help us pray for his release
so he be back before we loose mama, please

since i was a little kid
till now am grown up
all my wishes have been you
i pray one day, before it's late
you be back home and tell mama ''sorry for the wait''