The Ghosts Of The Past

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Chima Njoku Ray

St Anthony's Parish Mpam, Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria.

Chima Njoku Ray

St Anthony's Parish Mpam, Ahiazu Mbaise, Imo State, Nigeria.

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My dear countrymen and women;
Friends and foes in arms;
The ghosts of the past
Have begun to haunt us;
And rest they never will,
Until they strike us down in dust,
Or when our lips betray our hands.

Chima Njoku Ray

Friday, December 13, 2013

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This poem, The Ghosts Of The Past, is all about the shameful history of Nigeria; how successive generations have unwittingly dealt mortal blows to a naturally, intellectually and holistically blessed nation.

Now the future of Nigeria is bleakly swallowed up in a stygian darkness.

This is an admonition for a sincere reconstruction.

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