@Noble_chinda 18 May 2020

I Lived In An Era

I lived in an era When I am old and Gray Wrinkled and all frail And my words come out in trembling echoes My wards a warm huddle That flank Around my hoary soul What will I tell them? What will I say? Will I tell them I once lived in an era Where my ears were inundated with love talks, But the hatred that floods the streets, gory my sight ? That strange seeds sprouted up from terrible soils; Grew like wildfire and Razed down the vestige Of principles all round our cities and towns; In those days, Ill-bred children buttered our days with painful migraines? That everybody wanted to skip crawling,in those days And dashed to walking like flies to sweet; Nobody walked in those days – That they were always in a haste ,and Patience was a curse ; Not a virtue , or a treasure in those rushy hours… and when we looked up to the TV screen Instead of comfort , its reflection compounded our woes ,and set our heart in palpitating motion For they flaunted fast and faux life As the only way to thrive and shine ? Will I say I lived in an era where Gold time is the best? Because they all thought the slow tickling God’s blessing clock was no more working.. Where it’s blood for benzes And tears for cash? Where plenty of love songs lifted lofty trophies, But our streets were litters of crushed spirits? Will I say I lived in an era, where the meagre needs Of the working,but struggling poor , Were debated in endless circles But our overfed glutton-lords who lived flourishly On saying His and nays had theirs swiftly passed at a single sitting ? Those days when our leaders are abreast With sucking our nation milk and honey . Because it was only yourself , thyself , oneself, Before ‘other are served’ in those days ? That we dreamed of peace enthusiastically in those days , On our hope-filled reclinnng chairs of roses, Only to be jolted up to scary nightmares On thorn-filled stools! Will I say I lived in an era , where you didn’t know What tomorrow will bring Even when you sent today a clear message