My Dad Must Be Mad Poem by Henry Isiekwe

My dad is the wealthiest man
On the coast of Africa.
So wealthy he owns a million
oil wells
So powerful they call him
Big Brother Africa

But my wealthy and mighty dad
is also a suffering man
A man afflicted by a curse
A mad man afflicted by a curse

A man must be mad or cursed man
To persist in his suffering in
The abundance of cure
My dad must be mad or cursed
To know the cure to his suffering
And continue to suffer

My dad is a great man
They call him the giant of Africa
His real name is Nigeria
A blessing to the world
A curse unto himself