THE NIGERIAN STORY | Okpako Cecilia Omotorhe

THE NIGERIAN STORY | Okpako Cecilia Omotorhe

It started with the fight for independence

became a civil war that saw innocent children 

Die of starvation and series of diseases

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Blessed with nature's gifts

A country filled with

Happiness on a mother's face

As she sells akara, potatoes

To take care of bills

A father's battle

With incessant traffic

His rush to work, poring through

Sheets of papers that will determine his pay 

At the end of a surviving month.

A youth completing his school race

Drops his certificate in the darkness of his closet

Takes his clippers, combs and hair spray

Starts a business to meet his daily needs.

This is the Nigerian story

It started with the fight for independence

became a civil war that saw innocent children 

Die of starvation and series of diseases

Then we tasted different leaders, deaths

And now, we are here:

Surviving tribalism, nepotism, terrorism

And a government who are the takers but no giver.

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Poetess' Bio

Okpako Cecilia Omotorhe is a national diploma graduate of Mass Communication from Yaba College Of Technology, 

She is also a content writer,an avid reader,book critic and a poetess.

Her poetry journey started 2017 and till date,she is still learning, growing and understanding more about poetry and it's different effects and affects on individuals,nature and the writer too .

Poetry has been the most connecting genre of literature for her to reveal emotions,thoughts or views about life or ideologies.

Some of her favorite poets are Edna St.Vincent millay,Emily Dickinson,William Wordsworth,Chinua Achebe,Sola Owonibi and William Shakespeare.

Through these works, she has been able to understand how the flows of words can connect and help the reader relate with the work with their experiences.

Most of her pieces of poetry have been majorly on the little things we tend to overlook in this ever rushing generation we find ourselves and she sparingly uses her work to draw attention to it.

She appreciates criticisms from other poets,writers or organizations and also appreciates other poets' works in the field.