If Your Nation is a Sinking Boat

by Eddie Awusi / June 3rd, 2018

If your nation is a sinking boat,
Do not dismiss her as a failure,
Packing your bags and baggages,
Ditching her for another’s glory.
Be within her fold, and plan for a rescue,
Take upon yourself duties of chivalry.
Nurture her for a better berthing,
In nation building.
Be her life jacket.
Else, you become a nonentity,
In another man’s land.

Eddie Awusi is a Nigerian writer of Isoko extraction. He graduated from Delta State University, Abraka in 2007, where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree In English and Literature. He believes in the universality of arts and global citizenship of the creative and imaginative artist. Read other articles by Eddie.

This article was posted on Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 at 8:02am and is filed under Poetry.