No Longer At Ease Poem by Dr Igbinedion Obaretin

The sun closed its eyes, darkness fell
Her blanket spread all over my earth.
Chill wind whistled along, crashing
Violently on the naked sea, offering
Caress embraces to her violators, becoming
Warmly affectionate all night long, holding
On her breast numerous provisions.

Alas! This night, this place
Cold hearts, lacking affection except
Mockery smiles like the rains on some sandy deserts;
Voracious dogs, squandering and storing in alien land
The laborious fruits of our barren land.

Her fertile womb is no more, always yielding
To merciless fingers, greedy throats and stomachs.
Now dogged with the cruelty of her own, not like
The aliens of our colonial past, eating
But always preserving the seeds.

No longer at ease!
Blood stained swords enslaved the tongues.
Vultures, feeding on the carcasses of the weak
Hovering, now and again over the broken walls,
Split the land with endless violence.
There is no hope for the living dead, except
The survival of the indecent and heartless.