PITY OR POWER: A POEM FOR TOKE MAKINWA: ENTERTAINMENT

PITY OR POWER: A POEM FOR TOKE MAKINWA

Toke Makinwa, a TV personality, has helped a lot of Nigerian couples get through their hurdles in life. As I have said, I cannot judge at all, but then i feel saddened by the turn of events on her.

It is only natural for Nigerians to help soil your image more , when a grain of sand is found on you.

Also for anybody who feels his strength has been flawed by the world, I only hope this helps you  know your own strength

PITY OR POWER

In the eyes of the world,

I have had my dignity spat on

My sincerity besmirched

My love called into question

My integrity jeered at.

I used to sit afloat the turbulent sea

Motioning the wind to a peaceful course.

I have broken the chains of Amistad,

Trod through burning coals,

Crushed the sabre held out against the World.

 But Now, right now

Here I am,

My own little world crumbling

At the face of the World.

He stares brazenly at me.

He even says “ You see, I told you so.

Let us see what your bravery can afford now”

I try to stand firm and strong

My bone marred and fragile; weak from within.

The bone of my bone, Flesh of my flesh

Whose arms shall I lean on

A flash in my mind

An angel with  a placard

“Pity or power!”

“Pity or power!”

A calming touch and a sigh of relief

Then I say

“I may be down and out

Hit the rock bottom

But I am not darned forever

The World will, in time to come,

See me moving Everest”

By Ifechukwu Muonyili