The Voice Poem by Uche Nwanze

I am the voice of the voiceless, their voices need to be heard.
I am the voice of the helpless, they need a helping hand.
I am the voice of the hopeless, who will get them out of the woods.
I am the voice of millions of children ravaged by the pangs of hunger.
I am the voice of the children in the streets, school is a luxury they can't afford.
I am the voice of a people cowed by fear, their voices have gone hoarse.
I am the voice of a people who have fled their homes because of the monster called war.
I am the voice of a legion of young men and women many years experience roaming the streets, no means to put food on their table.
I am the voice of mothers and wives who die in their droves, they can't even hold their babies in their arms.
I am the voice of young girls who are taken away in their sleep, the walls of their schools no longer safe.
I am the voice of a thousand children, their innocence stolen from them. Their childhood swept away by the whirlwind of evil.
I am the voice of women whose mouths no longer sing, mum is the word.
I am the voice of a people, who are surrounded by riches but cocooned in squalor.
I am the voice of a people, who pay through their noses to get a good life, darkness has become their daily companion.
I am the voice of a country beaten by the same people who swore to protect them.
I am the voice of a nation cut down because they refuse to part away some few Naira notes, from the ones who are supposed to be our friends.
I am the voice of a people in search of a Messiah, while they sit in their palaces and share our National cake.
I am the voice of a people, they want to send us to the hangman's noose for saying my mind.
I am the voice of a country they need servant leaders, yet they steal our tomorrow and take us to the next level of anguish.
I am the voice of the voiceless, crying to be heard.
I am the voice of the helpless, pleading to be heard.
I am the voice of the hopeless, I still hope tomorrow the Sun will shine.


© UCHE NWANZE
09-12-2019
3: 45AM