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MARRIED TO CORRUPTION

Posted by EMEKA ODIAMMA on 12/23/2005 3:47:43 AM |

Written by: EMEKA ODIAMMA


My nation is married to corruption


I wonder if she is will ever see redemption


He had come to her with sweet scent and song


His aura full of attraction


She couldn’t refuse the temptation


For she was so naïve and young


And didn’t see the hidden danger


Behind his charming façade


If she had warily observed the stranger


She would’ve seen that all he has was damage


And what was in his eyes was not love but evil


She would’ve seen he was a devil


Didn’t she hear of his history?


That he put his lovers in misery


And before his evil deed is noticed


He must have gone far


And if ever the pain is eased


There must be an undoable scar


But she accepted him whole


And embrace him with an open soul


He responded by grinding her heart


Instead of a caress, he gave her a thorny scrub


Took her from the light to the dark


Sapped her beauty and made her an ugly muck


I wonder if she will ever be free


Because when I look at her lost hope is what I see


I wonder if she will ever have a divorce


Or is the marriage for better for worse?