WELCOME TO MY COUNTRY


Welcome to my country,
The land of the greats that refuses to be great,
where we hail foreign heroes
but can't break the norms to be one,
where we have eyes and see with our mouths.

Welcome to my country,
where all the dead are saints with
encomium poured on their coffins
overflowing to their vaults after
a life lifelessly lived.
Where we die innocents and
appear guilty in heaven.

Welcome to my country,
where marriage is the measure of responsibility
and child bearing is the measure of productivity.
Where eloquence in English is a measure of intelligence
and being university student
Is a measure of excellence.


Welcome to my country,
Where common sense is sentenced
because it is too common.
where we pamper our brains to deep sleep
and want others to think for us.
Where we try to change the mind of God
with fasting and prayers for him to
do for us what we can do for ourselves.

Welcome to my country,
where we believe what we are told
without verification,
where we accept packages without
checking what are therein.
where we believe initiatives
belongs to the white men.
Where we worship men that milked us
to become rich and famous.

Welcome to my country,
where university is the only recognized institution
of learning without which we are considered uneducated.
where other institutions of learning are not recognized;
they are relegated and never promoted.

Welcome to my country,
where foreign language is official
and ours is vernacular.
Where religion is do or die,
where everyone wants to own a Church.
where we say God is Almighty yet try
to defend him.

Welcome to my country,
a land blessed with human and natural resources
but depend on one resource
and neglect others including human resources.
where we now seek help as
oil bloom turns oil gloom.

You are most welcome to my country,
where every man thinks of himself alone.
Once again welcome to my country,
where all the blames are God's
and we are all saints.


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  1. Perfect description of my beloved country.May God bless your pen.

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