NOT FOR THE STRONG

NOT FOR THE STRONG

More there is to a battle than being strong

More to our world than being wise

Where the council of intellectuals scrambles for crumbs

And the fools, hailed and praised drain our milk

Leaving no drop for assuaging our thirst

Kingmakers they are that dictate the pace

For the beating of our HEARTS and the glory of our LAND

So you can’t but feel the pain and groan and say:

More there is to a battle than being strong

More to our world than being wise

Where imbeciles bribe their ways to the sacred treasures of our LAND

And desecrate the consecrated via the instrument of greed

Where idiots are crowned by the wise for some price

And morsel their folly in the tournament of permanence

Right here in our LAND, fools enough outwit the wise

In topsy-turvy games of greed, violence and destruction

So, more there is to a battle than being strong

More to our world than being wise

Seek the roots of the blindfolding scarlet of their ill-gotten wealth

And get choked by the stench of the rot

Upon which their mansions stood

Barricaded with gates for maximum imprisonment

To lock you out of their brazen acts of heartlessness

The very source of their fancy cars is

The reason for your homelessness

That sets the shepherd against the sheep

For wolves to devour while asleep

Much more there is to a battle than being strong

Much more to our world than being wise

© Wale Oladokun