The N. Word

Happy birthday, Nigeria!

Here have a green rose.

The only way to close a book might be to turn the page

And an offering of peace in a time may trigger rage

The land of my affection blazes at its coming of age

I shudder in the wake

Of intense hate as my strength fails

I anticipate things disintegrate into rut and decay

I cringe at the sight and before the waters break

I feel the flux of faith flush my follicles feeding in grace

And the feeling comes home

It’s who I am it’s why I am

An indivisible individual

It’s all part of a bigger game plan

I am N I am the oasis of the Sahara

I am I I eclipse the sky I’m still standing vertical

I’m a G still on the real and definitely perceptual

I am E my game is lyric like a Negro Spiritual

I am R roaring like the black Simba it’s natural

I’m the I in the sky so fly so intellectual

I’m the Ace riding the hate winning’s ritual

Did you know patience is easy if it is all you have

That the way home might lead through a graveyard

That tho Rome wasn’t built in a day the builders were Roman

You don’t know the half

My play’s first act starts as all falls apart

This too will pass my story will surpass this lame impasse

Ain’t living in denial I witnessed the bloodbaths

I saw the bodies turned to ash the aftermath of the blasts

Yet the feeling comes home

It’s who I am it’s why I am

An indivisible individual

It’s all part of a bigger game plan

I am N I am the oasis of the Sahara

I am I I eclipse the sky I’m still standing vertical

I’m a G still on the real and definitely perceptual

I am E my game is lyric like a Negro Spiritual

I am R roaring like the black Simba it’s natural

I’m the I in the sky so fly so intellectual

I’m the Ace riding the hate and winning’s ritual

Akpan

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Day 2: With This

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                                          Inspired by MLK

N’ with this faith,

Ama print my name

On the pages of history.

This faith calls me to take a stand.

N’ with this faith,

I arm myself with wit to withstand.

I shall not be victimized by circumstance.

I believe in the power of a dream

As this faith speaks peace.

N’ with this faith,

Humanity will remember my name

N’ declaim my fame in every age.

N’ with this faith,

I am a god in a shrine;

Ain’t nothing can stub my shine.

N’ with this faith,

I maintain my space;

Those who desire to reach and keep their place

On the mountaintop must take the hard way.

With this faith,

I am walking through the fire

And I’m coming out hard-boiled;

With this faith,

I strike water in the Sahara

N’ if I consume poison, I shall be reborn.

With this faith,

I exalt the treasures of blackness,

A geyser of enthusiasm, I reach for greatness.

N’ with this faith,

I will achieve the impossible,

Prove myself formidable

‘Cause I am untouchable.

With this faith,

I shall stymie the inevitable,

As I perform the incredible.

With this faith,

These eyes shall anticipate the invisible.

With this faith,

I walk into tomorrow

Wielding the nerve of a hero.

N’ with this faith,

I topple titans

With a sling and a stone.

N’ with this lil’ ebony light of mine

I’m a set the world on fire

As I let it shine.

N’ with this faith,

This also shall come to pass,

For this faith within is an organic compass.

N’ with this faith,

I clean the clock of unnumbered foes.

With this faith,

Tomorrow is this close;

With this faith,

I hold destiny in the palm of my hand;

I am the perfection of God’s master-plan.

N’ with this faith,

I intend to put the world on ice;

With this faith,

Still I rise.

I am the future,

I am a masterpiece of Mother Nature.

N’ with this faith,

I print my name on the walls of this terrestrial globe,

Somebody get me my robe

‘Cause with this faith,

I rule the world.

N’ with this faith…

Akpan