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Peaceful Consent Xci

You are the midwife of a land full of promises
The nation is spread-eagled on the delivery table
Letting out cries of painful expectation and labour
Prompting prayers and supplication for the new world

For three decades and for four you have been judged
To be the benchmark of qualification to serve the nation
In modern corporations and state wise civil works
In grapevine and apple-vine courts of principled bias

For four decades and for five you have been expected
To be the independent crop of people united in peace
To be the economic pioneer of elephant strides attending
To be the giant of Africa and democratic shepherd

For three tenures and for four you have been civilized
By democratic cultures and apples of good expectation
By judicial interventions and constitutional advocacy
By developing human rights and tricks of the new world

For three camps of orientation and for four indeed
You have been called up to serve the nation for good
Even when you have been doctored in foreign lands
Even though the ages tell the truth of the agents of peace

Copyright © | Year Posted 2011




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Date: 11/22/2024 3:34:00 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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Date: 3/6/2016 8:43:00 PM
awesome poem. LINDA
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Date: 1/8/2016 9:18:00 PM
TOCHUKWU, well done on your poem, enjoyed reading today. *SKAT
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Date: 12/23/2011 12:16:00 AM
running through it the second time. More affection were birth to. Well penned. Hugs, adelaja
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Date: 12/23/2011 12:09:00 AM
i really enjoyed reading you this morning. I Pray, may your pen's ink never dries. Love, adelaja
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Date: 12/22/2011 11:21:00 AM
I love this; meaningful. The way a poem ought to be.
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Date: 12/21/2011 3:35:00 PM
Welcome on board brother. Wish you success in your writing...enjoyed stopping by tonight. O.O.
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Date: 12/21/2011 8:28:00 AM
A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you Tochukwu. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. Read and comment on their's and they will return in kind. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love and blessing always, Carol
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