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
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