Born To Strange Sights

I was born to strange sights

But there’s none more strange

Than man in his fated plight

Half of humanity is estranged

While the other half is deranged

Life is a gamble

You could get haggled

At the roll of a dice

Kiss of life

Could chill your bone to crystallise

I have observed a nation crash

Because its ruler was rash

In his choice of words

And youths spark a revolution

I have seen refugees welcome

By a state fresh out of civil war.

Akpan