Saturday, 17 May 2014

NAIJA PIKIN

People judge you in the green white green
Servant of the nation, on minimum wage lean
You are who you are and you remain unseen

It started as a small flame
and then it raged into a furnace
But soon you realize… the year’s so lame


and you are only part of a cyclic emergence
Thrown into a system of pent up frustration
You should be proud. You’re serving your nation
Your sweat meets empty promises of elevation

You had dreams of a better tomorrow
And forgot that you were the better tomorrow
In a few weeks you shed your uniform of sorrow
And begin the search for the pot at the end of the rainbow

Yesterday you judged a youth in the green white green
Servant of your selfish dreams, you tease him with wages lean
You’re a part of the system now, a big king pin
and yet you are who you are, you remain unseen
So sad how the cycle again begins.

By Alakan Abeeb Adetunji

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