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"The Voice of Nigeria" Poem by Nwoko Solomon Ikechukwu

I am the voice that cries in Africa
The voice that spoke for her freedom
The voice that advocated against her inhumanity
And now, I call for her peace and unity

I am the voice that cries out of the valleys
The voice that calls from the mountains
And now, I call on my child Nigeria
And his children Nigerians
Who is my first born
The apparent heir to the throne of Africa

From the continent of Africa
I conceived you
In the west of Africa
I bore you
Unique and great among your brethren I made you
With many talents and gifted hands I endowed you
With numerous descendants and multicultural-language I ornamented you
And with numerous gifted hands and gift of nature I beautified you

The jealousy of they on the mountains
I made you to be
The envy of them in the valleys
I bore you to be
The earnest desire and dream of they around
I fashioned you to be

Oh! My beloved son-Nigeria
What went wrong?
Do not use your armor of defense
As armor of offensive attack on one another in brutality
Seek not division that leads to destruction
Rather, work/walk towards unity that leads to strength
Do not destroy what your fathers
Suffered and struggled to build
Freedom, peace and unity
Rather, stand on that strong foundation
And build a nation
Worthy of emulation
A reliable icon for the envy of other nation

I am the voice that cries out of the valleys
The voice that calls from the mountains
And now, I urge you my son- Nigeria
And his children- Nigerians
Hearken to my voice of goodness
That brings togetherness
Where the rivers of gladness flows

Take not the path of division
That leads to destruction
The easy way to fall apart
In collapsing of protection walls
For the intrusion of the enemies within and without
The desire of the wicked
The laughter of the evil mind
The happiness of the ferocious soul

Oh! Nigeria
Do not forget
It was on your soil that it occurred
The misunderstanding of the need for peace and unity
The tremendous havoc
The fall of the mighty
The merciless crush of the weak
The helpless whaling of children
The pain and regret of the loss of lives, properties, talents and gifted hands
Of which full recovery is denied till date

Why trade again upon that dangerous-destructive path
Even if conscienceless as Nero
Remember your children
Even if mighty like Sampson
Remember the weak
Even if rich as Solomon the King
Remember the useful poor
Regrets abide to incautious action-mistake
Whatever that is violently lost cannot be regained
There is no unity in division
No progress without unity
No success in conflict
No achievement in war
War is the absence of peace, unity, tranquility and justice
Calm down, reason and think
Solution lies in sincere peace, tolerance and understanding

The leaders, hear the cry of the lead
Hearken to the voice of the agitators
They are also yours to love and care for
In every nonsense, there may be sense
The lead, understand and cooperate with the leaders
Over you they are placed for the moment
To guide, correct and supervise affairs
Worthy that you must note
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown
You can do no better than they are
The agitators, seek not the nation's flesh
For selfish gain, dream and desire
Consider others
We are one
No one is less important
No one is most important
We need one another
We are one

My son - Nigeria
To regain your beauty and glory
Justice must take it full cause
When there is sincere repentance and positive change of attitude
Justice must be tempered with mercy
Make good use of the talents and gifted hands
Putting aside religious, cultural and language vaudeville
For we are one
Live together

Work together
In this is your strength and salvation
Power and might
For them on the mountains
Are jealous of you
They in the valleys
Are envious of you
Them around who surround
Desire to be like you
All waiting anxiously for your division, disintegration and fall
To take over and glory on

I am the voice of freedom
The voice of peace
The voice of tranquility
The voice of unity
The voice of growth, general and equal development
The voice of justice
The voice of love
I am the voice of the Maker
The voice of Nigeria
God bless Nigeria.

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