Thursday 17 September 2009

H O M E C O M I N G H A R A N G U E

It didn’t work when I tried to wriggle out of my being. I am in TOO DEEP.
I confined myself within to SHUT THE WORLD out, all to no avail
The time I spent in the west was well spent vigour, and MONEY too
Once again, the orderliness as consistent as always, spoke volumes
She made manifest, the yawning gap between them, and our alleged DEVELOPING one
The development that seems to take five steps backwards for every two AND A HALF forward
My eyes burn, my head aches, my skin crawls, my toes squirm and MY FIST tightens
Every so often I curse out loudly at MYSELF, for it has reverberated on my wound up windows
If only my Canon Digital SLR was an AA-12 combat shotgun, I would point and KILL
The success a REBRANDED state might be hinged on the DEMISE of most of you
Your leaders are more concerned about HOW YOU DRESS than your getting an EDUCATION
I am ENCOURAGED to seek solace in my remuneration for I am bereft of job satisfaction
I’m turning in my military hardware for AMNESTY is nigh and TIME is of the essence
It is only we who can fight for us so pray allow me to CRY my own CRY

28 comments:

Anonymous said...

See whos back! with a new look

Anonymous said...

yeah we misssssed u

misspumping said...

well scripted

who the cap fits let him wear it

SOLOMONSYDELLE said...

welcome back....

read this a couple of times.

I dig it and feel it.

Jennifer A. said...

I feel it...I mean, the emotion in the poem.

I have some cries of my own...

mizchif said...

Ok, i will not claim to understand all that you have written, but i'm still excited to see you around.
Errr....don't cry for too long sha.
Hope all is well with you and yours.

bArOquE said...

~sweetness, you can say that again, i missed you guys too you

~mizPumpinG, this was a straight outpoured script, almost unedited

~sOlomonsydeLLe, good to know you read it more than once...i'll be happy to help if you need clearance on anything

~Jaycee, the emotions my dear, 'cry your own cry'

~miZchif, there's not much to not understand...we're fine, & you?

Anonymous said...

ha....well
It is ... what it is....
Development is and will always be relative....
We look up to the west as if they themselves are "developed" or "educated".
Anyways Hope u are good
XOXO

Myne said...

Is this page changed or just me? Welcome back. NIce lines, we go front we march back, e go better.

bArOquE said...

Temite, i'm good, thanks...seeing your relativity ratio of development, then we cannot but say that the west is developed & educated compared to you...do you want to debate this?

~M.Whitman, its just you my dear.LOL...i think i have had it with this resilience, the truth is, i no longer think it will get better...please prove me wrong

rethots said...

...and in a little while, 'cry' you no more shall 'cos, a 'rebranded' state (not courtsey of the present contract but, 'minds' will arise) we shall have.

A lil' while....

Tigeress said...

very nice! I pray one day we (Nigeria) will get there.

So u have a Canon DSLR too? Is urs the EOS? thats what i have. But i need to buy a flash and some other type of lens.

~Sirius~ said...

And he's back....

New image too.

Nice post.

Original Mgbeke said...

Feeling this post. We have quite a way to go...don't we?
Where you go?

miz-cynic said...

BROS, I DEY HAIL O.......call me a lay about, but i dont feel all things political or philosophical, so for now, no comment.

bArOquE said...

~rethoTz, unless you’re saying I should close my eyes because I don’t think anything is changing in ‘a lil while’

~Tigress, I was this close to buying a 70-350mm lens 3weeks ago…however still some perfecting to do on my Canon Rebel Xs…what you got?

~Sirius, thanks…I’m back

~oRiginalMgbeke, I no go anywhere oh, na only some small small waka I make

~miZcyNic, no comment abi? how you dey joo?

Unknown said...

hey
good you are nice
nice post
hang in there''
smile

Chiamaka said...

Carefully thought out lines. Nice blog

Queen of My Castle said...

I honestly don't think it to be proper for me to comment. I would, however, like to inject hope for a better Nigeria, for truly she has produced some of the most talented, insightful, charming, and witty people that I have come to both know and love deeply.

How are you, hunny bee? I've missed you...

bArOquE said...

~Tisha, i'm trying to hang in here...thanks dear

~HYAW, i wish i thought the lines out before i wrote...hahaha

~MyQueen, i totally agree with you but these talented, insightful, charming and witty Nigerians that we have both come to know & love deeply are so not because of where they come from...hope for a better Nigeria sounds nice...i've missed you too queenie.xx

CaramelD said...

Nice look! We all cry at one point or another, then wipe our eyes and TRY to make our country better.

SOLOMONSYDELLE said...

haba, no update yet? Stop being stingy...

Sunensi Designs said...

love your blog. just thought i should leave my footprint. :)

Queen of My Castle said...

Hey you...

Afrobabe said...

huh?? Baby are you not meant to be writing about how much you wish you had me in ur arms??

Afrobabe said...

;-)

LusciousRon said...

I like this look. Hope you are back fully.

ablackjamesbond said...

Dude! Good to have u back.
There is nothing really in the horizon to support that things will improve but somewhere deep down within me, I know it will, the sooner people like u and I start doing what we need to do instead of just talking about are things are. I really believe one person can make a difference. You make a difference in your world and I will do the same in my world.

It can get better...only if we decide to make it so.