Tomorrow is Now
By Festus Moses ONIPEDE
Could it be that my teachers are telling lies?
I could remember then in my school days
That WE are the LEADERS of tomorrow
And I still wonder when it will happen.
What happens when gerontocrats rule?
How possible can agiliti skin be used for
gbedu drum?
Will it be possible to crown a new king when the
current one is still on the throne?
No will surely be your response.
If tomorrow must start now, Protest is the first
attempt
Protest we all attempted, Pogrom it all resulted
to
Why should protest result in pogrom?
WE need to ask our leaders
If WE the led must struggle for revolution, WE
need to pay the sacrifice.
How do WE separate salt from water,
When WE have sifted and dried the liquid?
WE started the protest peacefully, our salt
mixed with water.
No one could separate them; WE are neither
called water nor salt
WE are erroneously called water, just because WE
flood everywhere
Now that they tell us, ‘Not too young to rule’
It is like baits in the belly of a fish
They bamboozle some of us to achieve their
dreams
Hoodlums, thugs, ruffians and robbers - the
names WE are christened.
How long do WE stop drooling?
Let us wake from our slumber
WE can't continue to be second class citizens
Our birth rights must be claimed
WE are no more sleeping; WE are no more drooling
WE are no more drowsing; it is high time WE
claimed our rights
WE youths are not too young to rule; WE are born
to reign,
WE are born not to be followers,
Our tomorrow starts now!
Festus Moses ONIPEDE is of the department of
English, University of Lagos, Akoka Nigeria. He is a researcher. He is from
Ogun State, Nigeria. He has publications in both local and international
journals. He has also presented papers in both local and international
conferences. He serves as a reviewer for Worldwide Journal of Research.
His areas of specializations are: pragmatics, multimodality, cultural studies,
stylistics, and religious discourse. He is also a poet.
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