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WHO SAID YOU'LL LIVE LONG(ER) by Ikpoko Sharon

Day85 #365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge You newly coupled who have refused A return from Paris You recline like butter on bread Who said that you'll live long(er)? You who think suicide is next If you left college next best You shut your eyes on all of your kind Who said that you'll live long(er)? You claim teen Ignoring the clock that said, "no time" You forget the phrase, 'Gone too Soon' Who said that you'll live long(er)? Like the prosperous Ant Just in the corridor, he kicked a pale Death took no bribes Who said that you'll live long(er)? Like the innocent thief Who found a new source of livelihood Life could not offer pity no more Who said that you'll live long(er)? So now you changed the figures And cared less what employees felt The higher throne was all you aimed Who said that you'll live long(er)? You were told to restrain For your family, health and wealth Yet you stuck to the wrap l

WE ARE HOPE by Winifred Fredrick

Day84 #365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge When we marched, we whispered freedom Not to be shackled, we marched for our future Not a protest, a silent walk for our kingdom But with threats, disguised as request they made fixture They said our whispers were too violent So in fear we did relent We marched without our voices Only hope on our feet resounding our dreams But this time our feet was silenced Don't march so loud, our nation requires peace; This they said, waving at us guns and vices They said we did breath too loud Like mourners on procession, we stood huddled in a corner Afraid to speak, afraid to breath, afraid to live, to lift our banner But hope, it never dies, inside us it simmered Take our voices, it whispered But we won't seat in defeat, we recovered Break us, we are resilience, we whimpered They pushed us, now we rise, we are resilience We are lions we proclaimed We won't back down any more, we swore Guns and prisons,

CHANGE by OYEDOKUN IBUKUN PENAWD

Day84 #365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge "Citizens of this notable nation Cry of your needs we have heard Cripple shall walk; lame shall run Change! that's what we need" Humble persuasion of the sweet tongue 'Hat-less' 'lead-ass' recited dynamism like poetry Head over heels; change has changed our agog Head in the clouds is the society. Asshole rock of pacesetter Abode of abnormal change All is trade by barter A thing or two is a victim of change. Nitwit we must have been Never asked what manner of change Negative or positive Ampicillin? Newly adoption of waveless sage. Gallant resources of the past Growing down to be valueless like refuse Gluttonous greediness of 'politrickcians' Go to pot; they have changed our uplift. Editor in chief to emperor in cheat Ex gratia we hardly have to survive in the society Ego and superego; did you put in pit? Every amenities are elusive like morality. (STANZAI