The World “Today”: More than just a Poem by Nwosu Prayerlife

The fast rising poet, Miss Prayerlife Nwosu who is so enthusiastic about changing the ugly narratives in society and how best to make the world a better place where all the good wishes and prayers of man can be easily actualized without much ado is at it again with her big pen, telling the stories of today, how the society has collapsed under our watch and how to remedy the situation.

This is because when the problems are known and roundly spelt out, then the solution becomes clearer and nearer.

It is a good read, not just for fun but for an overwhelming knowledge of NOW and what the future portends:

Today

Peace is held captive by the drums of war

Love drowned in a pool of hates

Joy is lost in an angered cloud of blood

Souls are hidden in dark rooms full of skulls

Racism and apartheid; gods of the world

Love remains a forbidden phrase

Hope, a word of condolence and ease

A question of when with a response of soon

Dark years of dirge and candle vigils

Lost hope of men on a bloody lane

Speak to the stars in words of the heart

Plead for a beacon at their danger sight

For reflections are absent in mirrors

Minds are frozen with no cold proof

Thought of what next; a threat to nap

The wall listens to lamentations in the dark

Parrots let cats out of sacs

Chipmunks prefer to be called rabbits

Vultures appear like doves

Trees gossip and whispers to the wind

Dogs have chosen bones over barks

The mice now makes jest of the cat

Roosters mount chicks while Hens crow

Lions have become sudden herbivores

Lizards have become cannibals

And the candle melted with a blowout.

…NEWS CORNER