The War Is Yet To Start. Poem by Tony Adah

The war is over and the war has started
Democracy they say is for the people
But here the people hear it
As it passes through
Its wind cold or hot they do not know
They say ballot boxes have caused a landslide
And the winner's hands up
With the symbol of victory.

Do free and fair elections
Bring food on the table?
Does the ousted of a slow and indolent regime
Necessarily bring dividends
From a calculated nepotistic reign
In its slow infant steps?

The war is over and the war has started
The citizens who laid a path for democracy
Are not allowed to tread the path
Majority have foisted their numbers
On the minority
And this is the meaning of democracy
Where elections are won
By hook or crook.
We will be here unend
Waiting for democracy to come indeed
But if we don't look for him
And bring him to work for us
We will only hear his name being called
And we feel he is our own.