1960 Poem by Gbolagade Taiwo

1960



Back in the days
When the happy land was thrown into war
When the flag bearers were hungry
For the possession of our homeland
They were so hungry,
That they employed riffles to their job
They came with a sugar coated mouth
They used irish coffee to lure my people into their iron will
A pairs of slippers was used to collect a whole life in return
They were floating on the sea
All these were magical for my people to see
They came in the name of 'calling to faith'
But they became an instrument of my people's fate
They burgled into the peaceful land of love for humanities
Everybody bacame overwhelmed
By the terror of the lion sheep
The land was turned to a sour land
The wife could not know her husband
The children became strange to their father
They began to ask themselves who they were
All in the name of 'calling to faith'
Their true interests of the natives at heart
Were algebraically equal to the length
Breadth and depth of their pocket
Their faith became my people's fate
They forgot the wages of war
They did not know war teaches a fool
How to become wise
Many people were abducted
To the strange land of terror in ignorance
But in the land of terror,
Was a man of freedom
I salute you! The great Abbe Lincoln
The champion of the Mississippi
The man who set the common men free
The like of him was my Macaulay
The father of nationalism
The man whose mouth was in his finger tips
My Awolowo from the West!
I doff my hat for your crest
Your refusal to keep silent
On the interest of your people
Brought 1960 into the record of fame
The great Zik of Africa!
The first three in one language of Africa
The Ahmadu Bello of the North
The former and the latter
Cannot be removed from the record
Of my people's freedom
1960, The end of tyranny
The birth of liberty
The bigining of freedom
The history of new songs
Although, the victory was not won
Without being pyrrhic
The jaja of opobo was given
A free room in exile
Freedom is a pythagorean law
Everybody has the right to freedom
The world will continue to move
In its 360 degree
1960, A day of histroy.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: independence
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
To celebrate Nigeria's independence day.
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Gbolagade Taiwo

Gbolagade Taiwo

Ibadan City
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