Promise! promise! ! promise! ! ! <br />That's all what they give <br />That's all we have. <br />Every four years, <br />We are circled with promises <br />Our air are clustered with lies <br />Echoes of deafening fake promises <br />Are laid as baits to cajole us <br />Banals coloured with lies are displayed <br />Castles are built in the sky <br />Just to get what they want <br /> <br /> <br />All is a circle of promises <br />Instead for the coconut leave to become tender <br />It becomes harder as it matures <br />The more they promise, <br />The more lies are told, <br />The less we get. <br />Once they get what they want <br />They bolt into their chambers <br />Where they become lords to us <br />Never to reckon with us <br />Until another season of deception.<br /><br />Babatunde Aremu<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/circle-of-promises/
