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Just Somewhere There by igeakanmu: 3:50pm On Jul 30, 2009 |
JUST SOMEWHERE THERE Just somewhere there A place never dreamt of Far in the south of the south In a place enveloped with mountains There located my habitation As if once upon a time The reality of told tales Moon light helps tell who’s there Tap water sounds rubbish All know one another even at night God’s calendar exists for all A year of living as thousands As if service will never end Selfless and endless sacrifice here Come to stay as companion Evil is here with us everyday Youths dying at prime Wick one dining uninvited 50 years old man at a spot Yes, all we see in this place Church exist as if they are not Pastors could have concubines Twelve could pregnant here Fatherless are countless here Poverty embraced everyone in this place Cheating is the way of life Adultery and fornication norms From church to beer joint From rags to rags, but doesn’t matter Once we could get ‘hot’ drink Yes, where poor and the rich are alike Where the poor chose to remain poor The hopeless never make efforts Young girls struggle for sex And the men never satisfied Yes, we leave in shop-home Go miles in bush to release Bath in a thatched palm bathroom Where comfort doesn’t matter Here, selfless service is obvious We place our live on line Exposed to malaria and typhoid Eat carbon-hydrate unmixed Pile smiled and fever touched No hospital, poor clinic But yet joy fills our heart That we serve our fatherland We put service before self We speak, preach and evangelize We save souls, educate and counsel As if all to no avail But the impact was felt Yes, long later, gradual change Hope is brought, they can make it Things has fallen in lines The courageous, home we go Done the little we could Our service to humanity and unto God Peace of God we leave for them Not as the world gives as said Yes we shall see again Students, corps, meet again Where I don’t know, someday As we meet to part, Yet we part to meet again. |
Re: Just Somewhere There by ydiamond: 10:16am On Jul 31, 2009 |
Cool, but what do u mean sha? |
Re: Just Somewhere There by igeakanmu: 10:29am On Jul 31, 2009 |
This poem describes my experience in the south south (Cross River) where I serve during my service year (NYSC), a very remote village. wow! |
Re: Just Somewhere There by Baxilexi(m): 5:42am On Aug 04, 2009 |
nice poem. |
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