NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA - POEMS

NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA is a Nigerian poet/writer/thinker. A graduate of Estate Management with experience in Banking and Broadcasting. She has published over one hundred poems/articles in over ten countries. Her first two longest poems of 355 and 560 verses titled THE TRANSFORMATION TRAIN and LETTER TO MY UNBORN published in Kenya and Canada respectively are available on Amazon. She has also featured in over ten international anthologies/books/blogs. She is a passionate African ink.

​WAR DRUMS

​I hear war drums
All over the earth
But I hear the voice of peace
Panting and whispering in fear.

I hear footsteps
Footsteps of warriors
Marching in rage,
Wanting to kill
But they know not
They can die.

Oh! I hear war drums
Drums of war everywhere
Loud, loud and loud
No one cares to listen
Oh, this war is here to kill.

Oh, drums of war
Calm, calm thy rage
Cease, cease, thy anger
Heed, heed, our cry,
Please kill not the unborn.

​INTOLERANCE

​Men fear the unknown
So they fight the known,
Men lose the game
So they play by tricks.

Men change the routine
So they wobble through,
Men make haste for nothing
So they fail their goal.

Men envy themselves
So dig a pit
Men hate themselves
So they push the limits.

They build castles
And live in skyscrapers
But they burn kingdoms
Because they cannot live in peace.

Ego, pride and fame
Wealth, envy and jealous
Hate, bitterness and laziness
Oh, men stone each other.

​LIVING

​Life is a tale
Tell it to the tail.

Life is a story,
Write it your own way.

Life is a lane,
Run it like race.

Life is a marathon,
Endure till the end.

Life is a burden,
Bear it to heaven.

Life is a call
Answer it aloud,
Let the world hear
That living is a legacy
And dying, a monument.