Desperation
A poem.
Desperation stalks the land
A roaring hangry lion out for blood
Looking and lurking
Awaiting an opportunity to pounce and devour
Desperation stalks the land
A bleary-eyed beast with bloodshot eyes
Fiery rage and an embittered soul Its trap set awaiting the unwary
Desperation stalks the land
Alert and prancing. Aggressive, menacing and uncaring, ready and willing to do whatever it takes to live and survive the harsh life climate
Desperation stalks the land
In garbs of poverty, hunger, unemployment, destitution, lack, homelessness, hopelessness, helplessness, disease and emptiness
Eyes darting like daggers seeking the right moment to attack, steal, dispossess, rob, kill and destroy
Desperation stalks the land
An unruly beast fed fat and nurtured by myriad evils - Inequality, lawlessness, nepotism, ethnicity, tribalism, favouritism, suppression, intolerance, hate, and bigotry
Desperation stalks the land
Giving full reign to man’s most depraved of nature - Wickedness, jealousy, envy, avarice, and insensitivity. Uncaring, unbothered, unmoved, lacking empathy or humanity; humane feelings or brotherly affiliation
Desperation stalks the land. An unruly, vicious animal
Seeking to devour and devour Its ravenous appetite unsatiated notwithstanding the carcasses, havoc, and destruction it wreaks
Desperation stalks the land
Fully believing itself justified In unleashing terror on a society that created it, abandoned it, forgot it, and left it to rot. Its version of justice content to take back what it can By any means necessary, society be damned
Desperation stalks the land. An enraged monster uncaged, with no one able to tame it, threatening to tear apart and run askew the already tattered fabric of uneasy peace
© Faminu Imabong 2023
