In his desolate state,
He becomes filled with hate.
In his ignorance, he can’t fathom such beauty
Wondering why she should be basking in purity.
He wallows in individualism,
And continues to hate her communism.
Armed with his Bible and false religion,
He set out on a sojourn.
He touched down from his sea beast.
Looked at her from afar as she radiated from melodious drum beats,
And gyrations he couldn’t understand.
He mutters and curses as he stands.
Circling her, he marvels but conceals.
From top to bottom he strips her with zeal.
First, spitting on her way of worship,
Forcing her sons and daughters to look like sheep.
With his poison her sons became monsters,
Who in their drunken stupor enslaved their precious future.
With all his evil antics,
She slowly loses her aesthetics.
For centuries he carted away her rich ornaments and treasures,
Yet she stands resilient in full measure.
Her new generation, her treasured resource.
Though he stripped her bare,
With face radiant and shoulders high, she continues to raise the bar.
This Poem was published in the July 2022 edition of the WSA magazine. Please click here to download.
Read – A Robot of Civilization – A Poem by Damilare Popoola, Nigeria
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