Freedom without progress
Liberty without achievement
Free on the surface, bound in the mind
Radiant faces, shallow thinking
Surrounded with wealth yet poor
Talents lie fallow, still, searching for whom to do what
Spinning in tangibility yet looking for irrelevances
Diamond folded at hand, but passionately searching for decayed wood
Opportunities fly around but seriously blind to it
Free, yet can’t stand
Freedom, no productivity
Freedom yet still bound
The writer is on twitter as @rossymorph
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Nice one
Prolific write up Jesunifemi…
D poem is a msg 4 now.So crucial to our progress.How i wish Africans would read&imbibe d msg therein 4a better Africa.
Dr Aje, that is very true. I’m waiting for that beautiful day that Nigeria will be totally free, not only by mouthn but in actions and achievement.
Very concise and direct poem. The subject matter is clear and strong. And each line is got a similar rhyme. Thank you.
Yeah. Amen. God bless Nigeria
Irony! U captured the irony that is this country. May greed not bring us to our ruin. Well done.
Yeah, right. May God bless Nigeria.
Thank God for Ojoniyi o; you remember when he was teaching on the sublime wey we no understand? Good poem sisi
Bukola, abi ooo, so true “sublime.” Thanks dearie.