From frypan to fire
Here we go again
Another tenor of suffering and smiling
Continues
If we are lucky it ends in 4years
If not we are up to another 8years
Of suffering again
Who has done this to us
That we no longer can stand firmly on one accord
Why must we keep repeating same mistakes
How can we grow with this same circle
Of leadership
The old president was a frying pan
Now with the new president
It seriously looks like we are now in fire
God save my country Nigeria
From frypan to fire
They keep devaluing my country
Just for their own benefits
Instead to heal the wounds
Or hear the cry's of their people
They choose to satisfy their foreign
Companies and friends
They prefer to makes their stranger business happy
At the cost of their people
And yet you still wonder why we suffer today
Is obvious to figure out why life is not easy for us
And worst now we jump
From frypan to fire
Dedicated to all Nigeria youth
Be strong out there
We got no other country
But this dying one now
Richard Nnoli
Laziness is not a gift from God nor useful to mankind.
Accountability is a divine prerequisite for productivity.
Bible quote: "If a man doesn't work; neither should he eat".*
Ownership is another word for self-respect and healthy pride.
Respect for human beings is the gateway to valuing their work.
Devaluing the labor of others does not increase one's own value.
Advances in the arena of labor relations appear to have come to a halt.
Yield or production is the result of what has been expended in energy and labor.
090522PS
*2 Thessalonians 3:10
You were my friend
But now you’re gone
you’ve left me wondering
What I have done wrong
I put my trust in you
And you threw it all away
Devaluing my loyalty
With the hurtful words you say
The pain of the wound
From your knife plunged in my back
Has left me here wondering
What is it that I lack?
Am I just not good enough?
Am I not worthy to be your friend?
Did I not pledge to you
That I’d support you until the end?
Did I fail you somehow?
Did I not hold you up high?
Did I not encourage you enough?
Did I not teach you how to fly?
And this is how you repay me
Spitting out nothing but lies
You turned others against me
But it's me who’s cutting the ties.
You think that you can hurt me
But you are more than wrong
I will send you away with love
and show you that I am strong
I will not allow this to break me
I will continue to stand in my light
Try to douse my flame once more
Then it’s a war you’ll have to fight.
2/5/2022
Male or Female or Transgender
Every being must surrender
to the concept of equity
in every field of society.
Pay respect to one other.
All are the birds of same feather.
Each owns fundamental rights
to get same benefit in plights.
No class can be superior.
No section is inferior.
Each person to possess same status
as is born from human fetus.
Each person to hold same dignity,
even in sex diversity.
Carrying no discrimination
shows perfect civilisation.
Patriarchy: Most unhealthy
Devaluing women: Filthy.
Ever ruling male chauvinism.
New term came up as feminism.
All over world women to fight.
Transgenders starting claim for right.
Humanity must rise above
gender divisions: Do observe.
This about tops it all to be polite and honest
a very narrow valley exists between two mountains
Bigots have too much to say between words of hate
racist from a far right wing corrupting the purity of perfection
their goal has finally began working for chaos
overturning basic human rights blacklisting certain virtues
Then unnaturally devaluing human life to suit an evil agenda
freedom of speech, still has a voice and opinion not yet shut down
The good doctors are getting persecuted wrongfully
for speaking the truth in their mind's eye
holding onto moral values identifying with caring
The justice system supports this injustice
it's an insult to knowledge and intelligence
to make an object of certain soul's purity
then condemn good for being bad
it's where love's concerned suffers fate
describing them as physically unclean
If I take away war
I have to give the people
something else to fight for
A warrior's welcoming
never lasts long.
So the story I am telling
using prose and poetry
has to be the right mix
to satisfy humanity's itch
without devaluing
the question being asked
You don't realize that
we fight harder
to destroy a country
than saving it.
Spend more time planning
an invasion
than emptying our prisons.
Show me why you fight and
it tells me what you love
has been the mode of operandi
But what I have been shown
by America
has me asking what am I
fighting for?
T.S.
*Disclaimer: America is an amazing place to live and fight for, but it's patriotic fervor is a bit misplaced. Everytime a spear is thrown some poor bastard must go and retrieve it thinking, "Is the lion really dead?" An amazing amount of stress goes along with fighting unseen enemies. Realize, when you thank a Soldier, he or she says, ""Thank you," while remaining silent on plenty of other issues.
Some may argue that the lion deserved to die, and however true that statement may or not be, it was the same statement that started Kaepernick taking a knee.
Attempts to cull the human unborn have caused mass controversy
despite the widespread damage this can cause to the population
under stable growth moving forward killing the weaker of our group
Whom are unable to defend themselves
from this violent abuse system ever originating
crushing morals branded as an inferior being
Devaluing it's space of origin with these loveless acts of aggression
towards another comes these deeply engraved remarks
twisting truth turns venom and drinks from the souls of those innocent bodies
Sacrificed as something rejected unworthy of love
murdered not being up to standard classified worthless
challenges the political role as lawless agendas creep
The wide scale damage this causes on society
at large it mounts up to an industry with inbuilt uncertainty
revisits our future as the signs of chaos condemning basic rights to death
Weight is held in the balance found wanting
Heresy thought unorthodox behaviour
drops the pearls under a great price
A river of lies flows one after another devaluing family values
Filled with the impurities of sin under an idiotic phase
Resilient is the word
Where modern day modesty sinks below par into hell's furnace
We turn now and see branding irons casting lots
Truth and chastity becomes tested
in time entering through closed doors a one way ticket
Modern day virtues are on their knees lead heavy and weak of the spirit
Richeous is a way of dialogue that forces issues relating to fascists behaviour
Unholy tongues sharpened with hostility
Split scourges with venomous petition
A war against equality begins
With the bitterness craving acceptance
Where there is no moral ground draws a battlefield
under nature's existence
The right of such education stands denied to parents
whom remain without choice
Violated beneath freedom of speech
To speak openly
on concerns and welfare
in their soul's undervalued identity
arrogant with the power
of worthless money
devaluing his growth
in search of comfort
loathed by his companions
over his blindness
accomplishing misdeeds
heaped one upon the other
lost, lost
searching for what he's denied
falling victim
to his wants
his eyes
obscured by mists of greed
and selfish concern
his heart
stiffled by pain
turned inward
at war with his existence
and seemingly unaware
of the condradiction
a wasted chance
one smile of gratitude
one thought of
selfless love
of more value
than his palace
and his armies
one reflection
on his existence
denied
no one can tell him
he can't hear
he can't see
he can't feel
his own heart beat.
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