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IF TOMORROW COMES – BY UGONNA OJOMBO EZEOMEDO
Leaders of tomorrow
But left in deep sorrow
By those with a vowed duty
To protect their humanity
To long than century
No one has bothered to query
When would the tomorrow come?
If not far when this generation is gone
Poor me! Poor hope!!
That tomorrow is next to today
But the case is far fetched
No one knows the length it would take
Later, poor me on my starving point
I cried and wailed for the tomorrow
All to no avail, hope lost and shattered
Hunger is only my next door neighbor
Now, poor me on my dying bed
I cannot but see only hopelessness
Trust gone too far with my fading life
When would the tomorrow come?
If tomorrow comes
Tell him I have gone too far
I have lost hope in man and the world
They offered me nothing but pain and sorrow
If tomorrow comes
Tell him to go away and wait forever
Till the bones of those died in his hope rise
Till those who deserve something gets it sooner
If tomorrow comes
Tell him that I have been starved by today
I have been overpowered by gluttons
Who spent tomorrow’s resources only for today
Composed & written today: 26th November 2009