EMBARRASSING NATION

EMBARRASSING NATION

O! What a shame?

A nation, once by all adored

Abound by riches aggravated

By oil wealth, overnight escalated

By unity, its ladders climbed in the past

By rapacity, its grave was dug at last

O! Oil-rich Nigeria

Long hobbled by political instability

Its future, hijacked by religious sham

The majority isolating the minority groups

Greed for selfish interest, everyday increasing

Love for ungodly and unpatriotic activities escalating

Unruly deeds on the run like wildfire

Like the sun, its shadows are farther

O! What a shameful day

Corruption had resurfaced

Intertwined Nigerians firmly like Siamese twins

By greed, a land is embezzled

A surplus infrastructure in deficit

Due process had become a national Anthem

Law breaking had become the order of the day

Nigeria!

O! What a bad child from good parents

A nation blessed, yet cursed

A land sanitized, yet guilty

 A land cleansed, yet soiled

A name so melodious, yet disgusting

A home so hospitable, yet non-habitable