Normal Days Ahead

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On a normal day

Things are not supposed to be hard like this

We are not supposed to suffer before we pay our bills

The Holy Writ in the Genesis of man,

Describes us as dominators, landlords and overseers

Dominators have now seen tormentors

Landlords don't even own a room

Overseers are already losing vision

On a normal day, things are not supposed to be like this

Give us this day, our daily bread

Though our whole has become shreds

Our garments are now unfixable threads

And our bed mops the tears we shed each night

Tied in darkness and hoping for light

Give us this day, our daily bread

Serve it in the manner of the Israelites' manna

For our daily anthem has been themed "hunger"

On a normal day, it's not supposed to be so

We are supposed to eat the fruit of the seed we have sown

But how can we eat what hasn't grown?

The land is dry as the sand of the desert

And the rain has now become a prayer point

On a normal day, we are not supposed to get to this point

Better days are ahead

But abnormal days are here now

When are we going back to normal days?

On a normal day, democracy is supposed to be our thing

But this I know, democracy has become an autocracy

Governed by people stricken by illiteracy

Please, when are we going to run from this craze?

They are cutting off our benefits

Making a mess of the future of the children

Feeding fat on the corruption

Yet they are shouting 'It is grace'

Stop tagging your craze with grace

Stop joking with grace!

On a normal day, everyone is supposed to feel alright

But how will it be when all that is left is fear?

Bring back our normal day

Where we can grin from ear to ear

Move from here to there

Without the fear of war and abduction

Where we can come together as a nation

To wash our dirty linen and revive our land

Better days are ahead

Abnormal days are here

Normal days, we pray for

Let the land be green again

And children dance to the tune of fulfilled promises.