I write to heavens for thy nation (X)

I WRITE TO HEAVENS FOR THY NATION (X)

Dear Heavens,  

ten days has move  
faster than a train.

I have written to you
of a nation that is clothed with abundance.
of their tears that has been worn as garment,
of Children who now dwell on hope and faith.

of the blood that stained our Soil.  
of leaders who has forgotten their responsibility  
of youths who refused to be like a grave yard.

of mothers who now carry pains  
like their Second Chance.  
of Children who left home  
Searching for tomorrow that may  
never Come.  

Dear Heavens,  
I write my final letter.  
not because the pain has ended  
But because our faith remains.
  
I know a nation cannot bleed forever,  
people cannot cry forever, 
Night cannot stay forever,  
For they shall be morning.  

So I plead with hope  
that heavens  
heal thy nation,  
For they know no Joy.  

amend the broken pieces of thy nation,  
let peace drive through thy street daily  
let Justice be a symbols of identity
In thy Nations gate Again.  

let hope return  
to thy Children's room  
tear down the garment of Sorrow  
from our body.  
And put up a cloth of dignity.

let the Soil that drinks our blood  
produce to us Joy and Peace.  

And when history speaks  
of Nigeria,  
Let it not speak of the wound they once  
carried.  
but of the healing of their wound  

For I still believes in thy nation  
beneath the pain  
warmth lies  
beyond the darkness  
light leads  
After Every Storm,  
dawn shall Come.  

So today I fold each letter  
In heavens hands  
And I wait Patiently  
for thy Answer.  

Oh read this letter  
for thy nation bleeds.  

Funmilayo Bayo  
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