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Josiah Yakspirt Yakubu

Biography: A renowned Poet and also a prolific writer who has contributed alot in world Poetry at large. Many of his works have been published in the sun magazine, The New Yorker, spillwords in New York, premium times Lagos, and hello poetry etc. He is currently a student of International relations in the Nigerian Army University Biu, Borno state.

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Thursday 3 June 2021

HOW LONG?

HOW LONG?
A Poem

Life's not fair, is it dear self?

Evil now dwell in mansions

While prudence dwell in chains

Is this the reward for passion?

In politics, indeed we started well, 

Untill my trusted folks drifted away;

I challenged impunity and now I'm in chains,

To quench me, they send me to jail;

When will I be at liberty, 

To walk as freeman in the streets? 

Two decades is gone, oh how time flies;

Yet the truth in me refused to die;

Did my people believe the allegations?

Ah! This world is full of evil

Though I be forgotten by generations, 

Joyfully will I die for my people;

Ho! It's another decade;

And my hands are feeble, 

I'm old and week too;

Lord take me home so I can rest;

Warders!  Hearken to my last plea 

When I am no more, 

My body, the people must not see, 

Perhaps, I don't belong to the world;

For thirty years the man was caged

Because his enemies were in power

Day and night he cried, how long? 

Seems the world has forgotten him;

And one day, the prison door was opened,

Akilu! the oldest Warder gladly echoed;

You are now a freeman old friend 
For your foes in power are all death;

But Akilu in his prison bed

Has died already last night

For his prayers to die was answered

So angels  took him home last night 

The people were waiting 

To take Akilu into office

When his death was sadly announced

Oh what a wicked world! 

A note they found on his chest

'It is finished' 

Akilu wrote in the parcel 

With a smile he died. 

©Yaksport Josiah

02-06-2021

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