The Elephants Have Fallen


 
A sighing song; my hearts sing
Spread sorrows seed roar in my soul
The weight of unshed tears in my hearts
My inner language's misery
Pooh! the Elephants have
fallen
Violently cracked to the
underground self-containers
By a bunch of heartless and faceless baboons
Whose vision, mission and direction
Chameleon nature into hunting

Oh! the elephants
Who stand against hunting of the defenseless
Who extricate the effete
From the chains of fear
The fire of thy heroism
Paralyzed the phobia on our premises
You are out of sight
But my mind will cherish you till l visit the silent land

Oh the elephants!
Thy deaths are not in vain
Thy deaths visit you at the night time
You fulfilled what you were born for
To use thy blood to trim our tainted premises
Which is the present paragon of pleasure

Farewell to thy but not thy flame
The lions of the animals
Who die yet depart not
The echoes of thy heroism shall blast the descendants' ears as the winds whisper a melody
Adieu! Adieu!! Adieu!!!

By: Sakariyau Abdul Azeez(Bin Zak)
NB: The poem is dedicated to;
George Yemi Iwilade(Afrika)
Eviano Ekelemu
Efe Ekpede
Yemi Ájiteru, Babatunde Oke

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The origin of African Drama and Theatre with Salient Elements from Selected Plays by Olaniyi Abdulwaheed

African drama and theatre started to emerge in Africa continent when British came to make their affairs of life imposed on Africans. They came with ideas; religion, education, business transaction, making Africa a raw material place where their solid land was built up by it. Through this, African lifestyle changed and wore another garment because of the predicament at the advent of British. Though Africans had their normal dramatization (in form of folklore), their experiences for the coming of British always feature in the African drama and theatre that was inherited from Europeans. The origin of African drama and theatre based on traditional, history, and contemporary dramatic forms in Africa which range from sacred or ritual performances to dramatized storytelling, literary drama, or modern fusion of scripted theatre with traditional performance techniques. The diversity in performances is as a result of massive spread of cultures and traditions in each country. A lot of t
Read more

Is the English Language a Curse or Blessing to Nigeria? by Olaniyi Abdulwaheed

Image
English the language of the colonial masters in Nigeria. Colonial masters bequeathed English to Nigeria as part of the ways of making Nigerians adopt their culture. Since language is part of the culture and culture is part of the language, Nigerians overwhelmingly adopted British culture and viewed it as the best gaze in the mirror. The prestige attached to British culture cannot be confiscated in English, the British language. However, many scholars with different opinions have argued on the existence of the English Language, whether it is a curse or blessing for the country. Some argued that, embracing English language is a curse to Nigeria, whereas some believe that it a force of blessing for the nation.  The growth of the English language in Nigeria can be traced to the heterogeneous nature of Nigerian society. Nigeria is a country with many languages with at least of about 400 languages. Most of these languages are not mutually intelligible, that is, speakers of one langua
Read more

RECESSION: COMMON NIGERIANS AND THE PRIDE FOR MOTOR CYCLE – BY OLANIYI ABDULWAHEED

Image
The horrendous challenge that common Nigerians face is quite unimaginable. A lot of people inadvertently endanger their lives, not because they do not value it, not because the world is a hell, but the need to have what it requires to be a human often drives them to toss with their existence on earth. The risk-without-fear life they live is in the strife for money. As a result of abject poverty and economic recession battling with the country that have soaked many in shameless lives, many Nigerians, young or old, including graduates, have chosen to be commercial motorcyclists. This is very popular in both rural areas and cities across the country. Riding a motorcycle for economic survival has been seen as the only alternative way of self-employment particularly at this time of economic recession. Regardless of age or education or status, many Nigerians claim to have hope in being a commercial motorcyclist despite the huge risks attached to it. The business started thriving wh
Read more