Oh, how I slept with eyes open <br />Discovering its only but,53yrs <br />With times and season gone without memories <br />Hmmm, how times flies <br />Just a little while <br />I remember <br />Everything slept in my hand <br />With so many waters at my disposal <br />And had little or nothing to show for <br />Hmmm, it seems like yesterday <br />I fought for freedom <br />It seems like yesterday <br />I was rejoicing <br />Oh, my eyes has seen more than rejoicing <br />My eyes has seen the bitter parts of life <br />My offspring’s has swallowed the years <br />My offspring has devastated the land <br />My eyes are heavy like rain drops <br />My memories are filled with series of unpleasant happenings <br />My consciousness have I forgotten in my sleep <br />Even as the labour of my fight <br />Has being thrown into the abyss <br />I thought it was all gone <br />But it was only but,53yrs <br />With many years to come<br /><br />Obute Gabriel<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/nigeria-independence/
