Saturday 19 July 2014

"They Promise to Uplift Us" by Isaac Oluyi


They promise to uplift us
To take us to the 9th heaven
Where roads are macadamised with gold
And streets littered with diamonds

They promise to uplift us
To the level where only angels tread
Where all is fair and just
And there is no abracadabra

To fulfil their promise
They changed the goal-posts in the middle of the game
Empowering a novice as the umpire
Leaving us to wonder the feasibility of the promise

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