Nigerian Poetry: 'They are me and you' by Ahmad Abdullah
This poem symbolizes how we are all lawmakers due to our choices. It points to us as a people who bark rather than bite write from the top echelon to the dining table
This poem symbolizes how we are all lawmakers due to our choices. It points to us as a people who bark rather than bite write from the top echelon to the dining table
They are me and you
They had everything figured out
Fat salaries, bonuses that fills their purse
So bogus without a doubt
For themselves of course
They are spineless,
They are thoughtless,
For if they truly represent us
They have disappointed us
They hide under charming smiles
They hide under bogus garments
They even get paid for travelling miles
To perform their duties without laments
I don’t envy such a job
The sad truth is that it isn’t
For it has become a club
Where the coward hides and bickers
They have the penchant for chasing lost causes
And a vigor for closing open doors
For the people they represent with certain clauses
That threatens to expose their flaws
They are me and you
They are our fathers
They are me and you
They are our mothers
Ahmad Abdullah, AKA Ahmad Holderness is a medic and a writer who is about to be published. He is the director of Home Of Book foundations that seek to help Nigerian youths to read and write better. His writings can be viewed atthephantomreferee@wordpress.com and you can follow him on instagram at @home_of _books_foundation
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