by FOLAKEMI ALO’
I want to live –
In a world,
Where there are no guns and violence,
But peace reigns in the quiet
Like waters on a Spring morning.
A world,
Where justice is not bought with blood,
And souls are not drowned in the flood,
Of havoc and tempest.
Yes! I want to live!–
In a world,
Where the labor of our ancestors’ past
Aren’tconcealed in the sea of batons and gases
Struck with a match and scorched to ashes.
These are,
The wonkyaspirations I tell the Lord,
Tears in the socket as they roll down
Strong as my faith. Yet, without doubts
Our chariots would come with the sword of Redemption.
Still –
I want.