Take Me Back To Yesterday Poem by Raimi Babatunde
Take Me Back To Yesterday
Take me back to yesterday
When holiness trumped prosperity
When churches won souls
Not the craze for numbers and money
Take me back to yesterday
When we taught moral instructions
Where teachers were models
Not paedophiles and opportunists
How I so miss yesterday!
Take me back to yesterday
When girls covered up
Knelt to greet Elders
Fetched from the stream
Where sex before marriage was a taboo
Today, celebrities project immoralities
Singers praise corrupt persons
Officers collect bribes
Contracts and admission are for highest bidders
Please take me to yesterday
Take me back to yesterday
When men married women
Women married men
Where we raised respectable boys and girls
Not sadomasochists and sadists
Take me back to yesterday
Where politicians served us
We looked up to them
Today, the table is turned
But from the beginning;
It was not so
Take me back to yesterday
Where we rubbed organic
You call it Coconut oil
I call it "Adi Agbon"
Where we wore "Shuku" in all shades
And adorned in beautiful beads
I miss yesterday
Hence my poetic pen drips
If you miss yesterday
Come ride with me
Let's go back to yesterday
That we may better our tomorrow
Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet
Take me back to yesterday Where we rubbed organic You call it Coconut oil I call it " Adi Agbon" Where we wore " Shuku" in all shades And adorned in beautiful beads wonderful great write on the culture
Yes! Old was gold! A beautiful poem. It is possible to go back in the past. We need to make a full turn and name that direction as the forward. You penned well, poet! We think alike in this. Congrats. ++++10
think this is best poem is ever read here. I swear. love ittt
A fine and lofty verse written with clarity of thought and mind. Soulful and so beautifully expressed. A work of an intricate mind. Thanks for sharing and do remain enriched, Raimi.
By and large, I agree with your observations. Dubious progress. Isn't it? Thanks & Congrats.
Enhanced influence of consumerism and dwindling moral standards have made life of modern man corrupt in many ways. Thus, a desire to get back yester years that respected moral values and detested corrupt practices. Well deserved poem of the Day, Congrats.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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1/12/2025 2:43:21 PM # 1.0.0
A great groovy poem of the day. Congrats, Raimi for being chosen.....10++++++++++++++