Truth In Nigeria Poem by Alexandrian Ink

Nigeria! Nigeria! ! , Nigeria my country,
The sentiments of thy nature's bounty
Breeds thy offspring with sufficient
But thy flourishing resources
Suffice not our contentments,
For the inquisition our minds acquaint;
Is greedily painted with egoism
Coz our truth doth lack some truism.

The visions of our fallen legends
Have dart anticipated for faithful patriots;
Both the old and young
The weak and strong,
From the parliament
Down to the grass root;
But our hearts are guilty
Of lack of true sincerity.

If we call the spade a spade
And free the truth economised,
Then what is black
Must necessarily be black,
When put aside our personal satisfactions
And having the nation first in our table of preference;
Fraud will indubitably minimize
Our deranged civility will fraternize.

We bear our fortunes
And we are the architects;
Love and progress will swiftly grow
Peace Will harmoniously flow
Unity will leap by bounds,
If from our inmost hearts
We say "Yes to Truth",
For Nigeria can only be
That which we want it to be.

Nov.17 - 2017