Madness of many,
Benefit of few,
Game of numbers,
The corridors of power
with politicking interest.
Freedom but in chains,
Ages of political freedom,
But the cacophony of corruption
holds us captive,
Progression in retrogression.
Back to the state of nature,
Where anarchy rules supreme,
Brutality smiles at the led,
Hearts in uniform are toys
in the hands of the leaders.
Education groan mournfully,
Agriculture at the mercy
of peasant farmers,
Refinery a dead mission,
Technology a borrowed culture.
Neocolonialism
on the seat of power,
An off-shoot of imperialism,
Exploitation of the downtrodden,
What a democracy!
Nepotism, tribalism and ethnicity
hijack the states,
Patriotism a folktale,
Who is behind the mask?
Everyone to their tents.