Truth stands still

The veil of unhappiness envelopes
The storm of treachery gathers,
The wind of chicanery blows
But truth stands still

The tissues of lies expand
The backstabbers are having a field day
The cloud of betrayal gathers
But truth stands unbowed

If the darkness of lies reign for a thousand years
The sparkling light of truth shall dethrone it in a second

You cannot kill the truth
You cannot murder her
You cannot kill the truth
Because truth is constant

poem by Martin Ayanbare Ayankola
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Horror Race

As the dusk gave way to dawn
I was trekking on my way home and I saw
a lifeless body with flies hovering over it

The vacant eyes told a story
A story of horror and inhumanity,
The body would be there for days
On the Lagos Streets

Here I am in London
Watching the same horror race,
Teenagers totting guns
Felling young men under hails of bullets
In a horror race,

Rain of tears fall from my eyes
As I watch parents burying an eleven-year old
Killed before he understood the world
In this horror race

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poem by Martin Ayanbare Ayankola
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