Tell me, how do you believe when the odds are stacked against you as a person?
It's even more annoying that the only reality you see around as a daughter or son
Is growing up to see a failing country with no regard for the rule of law or lives
Please tell me, how do you see the light at the end of that tunnel?
When it is pitch dark with utter darkness with no end in sight?
I am not being a pessimist but it is so hard to have any iota of hope in Nigeria!
Everyone fends for themselves and make their own rules as they deem fit
Where is the government in this, you ask?
The same government whose policies are different and favours the rich over the poor?
The same government whose standards are weighed differently on a justice scale?
We are all our own doing in all this mess and it's hard to pity sometimes
It's so hard...terribly hard to see anything good come out of Nigeria but I believe
I don't have to see the whole staircase in my ladder of hope
I just want to take each step of faith one step at a time as it comes
I don't have to see the light at the end of that tunnel yet either
I just want to switch internally and put on my faith light
I believe in the sun even when it is not shining
I believe in the moon when it is not night yet
I believe in the rain even when it's out of season also
I believe in God because He is not physically seen but I see His works
So then, I believe in Nigeria even amidst bad governance and chaos
I believe in Nigeria even when we are the reason for our own doing
I believe we will get it right even with every baby step
I believe in God because as a country we will get to our safe haven
I believe in you, I believe in Nigeria and I believe in myself, but do you?
Thank you for your time.
My pen doesn't bleed, it speaks, with speed and ease.
Still me,
My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.
Olawalium; (Love's chemical content, in human form). Take a dose today; doctor's order.