OUR FUTURE AND THE DILEMMA OF A CORNER

A lot plays out in a society where the values are shattered

From top down; trickles mess that leaves one in awesome wonder

Once a corner that occupied children receiving knowledge based tutorials

The next time you are going there

Or you want to peep over

Please take cover or a dark eye glass

For you might become shocked!

When you see kids exercising disdainful acrobatics

All in the name of the dictation of a tune;

That tells them to Practicalise the devil’s scroll

Of doing the disgustful; just at the corner!!!

But where are the ones who should shield our future?

Mama is busy dancing disgracefully to the rhythm of the same tune in the market square

Papa; doesn’t mind; they are 21^st century kids and they’ve got to dance to popular tunz

The young mind has been battered

Our norms have been shattered

Our direction has become scattered

Our moral consciousness has suffered

Just at new turn of a corner.

Where are the sounds of old?

That told us who we are

Or you!!! To know the child of whom you are

We can’t keep dancing acrobatics at the corner

And let our future suffer

How much Bastards can the society afford

Or medals of Mediocrity; can the society award

Own your Life so you don’t lose it untimely

Build the child so he doesn’t become unruly

At the turn of the corner let there be an encounter with wisdom

A bump into correctness

A mapped out space for decency

Bolaji Olaniba (2018)

Comments

ON THE NIGERIAN CHILD AND AN ENDANGERED FUTURE

ON THE NIGERIAN CHILD AND AN ENDANGERED FUTURE BY OLANIBA BOLAJI OLUWATOBI Over the years our children have been victims of unusual and unfounded circumstance ranging from sexual abuse to child labor/child abuse across all fonts of first; economic activities (from mild to hard labor) in extractive, manufacturing and service industry, to the social, Educational and cultural sphere and in the hands of religious devils. worst still is the spate at which sexual abuse against (most especially) the girl child has become pervasive in our society and perpetuated surprisingly by close relatives and neighbors, which includes those who are old enough to be the fathers and grandfathers of these girls, and even their own biological fathers, uncles, and Brothers, etc. sexual exploitation against the male child is also mounting, and should not be overlooked. Hiding sodomy agents lie around the corner pouncing upon the male children at school, in the homes and neighborhood

PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD (ON WORLD TERRORISM AND HEARTLESSNESS)

POEMS THAT INVOKE THOUGHT PREPARE TO MEET YOUR GOD (ON WORLD TERRORISM AND HEARTLESSNESS) By Bolaji Olaniba There is one whose ambitions are greater than the sacred life of the people He tosses his glass of wine to the massacre of the common man The news of scattered human flesh pinches him not He is immovable, because of his never satisfied political want *Sigh* Hope in the existence of the SUPREME ONE; Common man. Though the ideology of our political dogs seems greater to them than the human Blood All around the world are leaders whose smiles are as Dane guns *Sighs* Hope in the existence of the ALMIGHTY ONE; common man. They stand upon watery ideologies Claiming they will see it out with all their ability, That they represent men called; ordinary But they end up with staunch grudges Maiming same beings by virtue of great greed. Religious they say, political they claim Being sponsored by those who put out teethes of deceit Me

NIGERIA AND THE MENACE OF “VETERANS IN POLITICAL INEFFICIENCIES"

A veteran political actor, well known, seasoned political giant; the "Jagaban" has he his popularly referred to, made a downing statement while giving a charge on the campaign podium of the APC in Osun state, prior to the Osun state gubernatorial elections in August 2014. “Stand with your votes, baba acclaimed!!! And ensure you battle it out with any law enforcement agency that tries nonsense". I then scanned through the populace he was addressing and discharging orders to and it was one filled with our youths, able men and women plus the old. I asked myself where baba Jagaban's son is; at least he should take the lead if any tussle ensues during the then election. Oh no!!! I forgot, he should be far away in the western world and probably alien to the functions and culture of his indigenous Nation (Nigeria). The mal functionality that has wholly gripped Nigeria from the dispensation of our veteran political actors such as; Baba Olusegun Obasanjo, Mr. Asiwaj

THE SOCIAL INTROSPECT

Search This Blog