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NPC Cypher: Compassion by JigsawKillah(m): 12:17am On Mar 12, 2016
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This is a cypher written by Nairaland Poetry Club (NPC) members titled "COMPASSION".
Compassion is down the drain in today's world. We live in a selfish world where everyone thinks about themselves and neglecting others.

Where is our Sympathy? Where is our Love?
It is time to make the phantom called "Compassion" to be real again.

This cypher is a blend of real life event and imagery describing the state of affairs in our dear country.

Let us have compassion for one another. It begins with you!





cc Lalasticlala

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Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by JigsawKillah(m): 12:18am On Mar 12, 2016
Jigsawkillah:
Raised in the slums
Where Cholera presides over
Kwashiorkor is a tag on our sons
Undergrowth, our daughters

I sit and stare, weep for them
Never for me, my case is heavenly
Chicken once in a year
Some of them never tasted it

Yuzjet:
I'd persevere in dark dusk
With no rush, I'd only hope on luck
Hood been so hateful,
I'd give my all and make it useful
No bond but I'd make it not disgraceful

I'd make my domestic really favoured
To all, not just for labourers
Here I swear, I'd die for my neighbours
In pains or agony, I'd make it my flavours

Jigsawkillah:
Lost my eyesight, couldn't pay for glasses
No need to tell Dad, we barely have three square meals
Couldn't see the blackboard, for that, I skipped classes
A true example of one who poverty stole his skills

But yet! My case is never the worst
Evy sells paper bags, and starves to school
She told me, I was short of words
I wished I could help her, only wishing I could

Donifez:
A philanthropist heart
Yet sin pulls the nation cart
Sins of our father's
Enveloping the atmosphere like fart

Forgiveness without sin
Dark lights never go dim
I cry for my nation
Stagnant - no motion.

Jigsawkillah: 
Raised in a street, where young boys are deemed thieves
Where the highest government is any from the military
They beat you till you succumb to their lies, just to live
A street, where truth, justice, fairness, isn't necessary

A victim of the oppression, wished to set things right
Wish I could speak, while everyone's in sight
I fear for my head, especially in the midnight
These guys force you to deliver intestines, midwives

Donifez:
Decrypting the nation vault
Stealing without guns
Children in deshabille
No money to foot the bill

Mystery unravelled in tents
Fasting without lent
compassion for hungry souls
Hunger made them black as coal

Jigsawkillah:
Torn uniform, a sandal turned slippers
She had compassion on me
She, a Senior school French teacher
When she caught me washing toilets

I've lost contact since, I owe her a debt
She partially took me off the street
That's why I'll help people, till my death
But I still can't help my family! Jeez!

Donifez:
Call the apothecary
Stuff the drugs,let me carry
Wriggling like worms
Death is a norm

Making ends meet
Never ending, no meat
Burial announcement
No breath - annulment

Sin no more
White as sheet
Out from the priest door
Hustling till sheep's bleat

Death from a metal
Bullet the last medal
Compassion is for dogs
Always a thug

Yuzjet:
Cut my hands, injure my ankle
Will thrive and make my hood not cripple
As the pillar, will make it stand so right
As bright as the tungsten light

Street so teared apart
Pretty best thing dried out of sight, scary?
This is a fear that I'll have to fight
Even if I'd do this for all my nights

Jigsawkillah:
Slave to hunger
Everyday, Ramadan
We eat in slumber
By day, we fast

We stay skinny
Protruding tummies
Mouth wide from yawning
We look like mummies

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Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by JigsawKillah(m): 12:33am On Mar 12, 2016
Cc: Texanomaly Joseph1832 llaykorn Qaisar1 R360 Firestar Pdizzle oahray Everestdebliu Tovot Laveda Giyazz Funty Emaculate99
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by Qaisar1: 1:32am On Mar 12, 2016
Present Sire!
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by emaculate99: 2:33am On Mar 12, 2016
here sir
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by firestar(f): 10:55pm On Mar 13, 2016
Brb
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by joseph1832(m): 7:55am On Mar 14, 2016
firestar:
Brb
Please take your time...
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by llaykorn: 8:02am On Mar 15, 2016
Wow! Yuzjet, jigsawkillah and donifez, this is awesome.
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by Nobody: 8:18am On Mar 15, 2016
llaykorn:
Wow! Yuzjet, jigsawkillah and donifez, this is awesome.

oga where have you been
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by donifez(m): 8:23am On Mar 15, 2016
llaykorn:
Wow! Yuzjet, jigsawkillah and donifez, this is awesome.
Tnx oga Lay,Long time no see.
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by E383: 10:17am On Mar 15, 2016
llaykorn:
Wow! Yuzjet, jigsawkillah and donifez, this is awesome.

You need flog. Where you waka go since? angry
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by timpaker(m): 2:38pm On Mar 15, 2016
Great one peeps.
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by joseph1832(m): 2:48pm On Mar 15, 2016
timpaker:
Great one peeps.
And where in the name of Anubis have you been?

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Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by timpaker(m): 4:59pm On Mar 15, 2016
joseph1832:
And where in the name of Anubis have you been?

I've been around man making money.

Dollar scarce, Naira scarce.... see familiarity ooo
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by joseph1832(m): 5:33pm On Mar 15, 2016
timpaker:


I've been around man making money.

Dollar scarce, Naira scarce.... see familiarity ooo
Oh boi see oga tim dey flatter himself oooo. Shoooooooo
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by timpaker(m): 5:35pm On Mar 15, 2016
joseph1832:
Oh boi see oga tim dey flatter himself oooo. Shoooooooo

Heheheheheheheheh. Walahi
grin
Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by llaykorn: 9:21pm On Mar 19, 2016
My brothers, na Lagos hustle. Cc: donifez e383 muhdg

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Re: NPC Cypher: Compassion by sinizia: 4:24pm On Mar 20, 2016
llaykorn:
My brothers, na Lagos hustle. Cc: donifez e383 muhdg

Bros, where you go since? shocked shocked

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