Poet-Today | Hafsat Abdullahi |
Our Arts-Muse Fair Poet-Today's love for her fatherland is unmistakable. We see this in her laments of the state of her nation.
Senseless
Heroes
In
just a day
Hearts
felt bitter, sunken and led astray
Fathers
have clumped their way out the city gates
Singing
songs and dragging sons along
It
is May!
The
rains have found a home among us and he is ready to stay
Who
then would plant our grains?
Poor
scanty fatherland running down its hay
Brothers
becoming brother’s own adversary
Blindly
following the path of a lost course
They
bought doomsday and
Death
is the price to pay.
Returned
We
are back
Thudding
our way on the sore back of the aching earth
It
is our knack
Generously
inflicting oneself with flamboyant pains is our quest
It
is dark
Hearts
in dread yet glad.
The
earth is black
And
cold
Tired
of our aimless digging as if in search of gold.
We
lack
Our
sanity had betrayed us.
Lunacy
is our happy leader.
Resentful
potentials
Abused
boundlessly
We
are back
This
time with a sack
We
the sore earth stares sorrowfully
What
is left to carry
At
least if nothing
The
carcasses of our brothers that our lunacy led us to render whack.
The
visitor
A
visitor
Has
a flair of flirting from one domicile to another
Ne'er
leaves without a souvenir..
Hafsat
Abdullahi, 17 is in her final year at Army Day Secondary School Minna. She is
into spoken words, music and enjoys acting.
She has performed at different fora and won three trophies at the Nigerian
festival of teen authors (NIFESTEENA) held in April. Aside being a poet, Hafsat
is also a tailor and makes beautiful pieces. She hopes to combine modeling and
poetry.
She finds
delight in the creative works of Su'edde Vashima Agema, Amar Darko, Vena Cork, Friday
John Abba, Elle James and Williams Shakespeare.
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