THE PRICE OF SILENCE


Nigeria is bleeding,
With blood of citizens,
Watering soil yet bearing no fruits
Like red fade on scarfs
While sun sets on justice.

Nigeria is bleeding,
With blood of citizens,
Hanging from places too far for the high to see
As corruption flourishes in white robes
While justice sleeps in golden chambers 


Nigeria is bleeding,
With blood of citizens who only dared to dream,

In the country of weeping, 
The truth is buried beneath bureaucracy,
And the price of freedom,
Is paid by unmarked graves.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 
Adamu Mustapha is a poet, a spoken words artist and 100 level student of Bayero University Kano. He is an enthusiastic member of the Solace Chambers and his interest in poetry has been since he was young and he aspires to be a well known poet in the future. 

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