NO SECOND CHANCE II: THE RUDE AWAKENING

 We thought we fed the people,

Yet they say they hunger

We housed them didn’t we?

Yet they say they suffer

“You maltreated us terribly”,

This they continue to mutter

“Get out!” they say,

We cannot take it any longer

Our voices get less audible,

As theirs’ get louder

“But what did we do wrong?” We ask,

In confusion we wonder

Then we begged for patience

Saying, “Hard times’ll soon be over”

“Just give us another chance” we said,

“All loopholes we’ll surely cover”

We continued to calm the people

Stilling their temper’s thunder,

“We promise to do better next time” we said,

But they reply, “don’t even bother”

So we saw our sand castles crumble,

By the winds, put asunder

Down went our excuse for a legacy,

Our fault for not making it stronger.


_____________________________________________________

Copyright. Olayinka Agbaje-Williams, 2015


All Rights Reserved