Showing posts with label War Against Tyranny. Show all posts
Showing posts with label War Against Tyranny. Show all posts

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Revolution


He who seeks his now life
Shall lose his next life
For without the shedding of blood
There can be no revolution
This is not about dying
It’s about dying to live
It’s about looking up and
Beyond the decay that
You have been forced to endure
And seeing the life you adore
Within your reach
Yet, out of reach…

A life which bleeds value
Will lay intense pursuit
Behind the curtains of blood,
Of the things which give it worth
And though that life don’t wanna die
Yet it will not profess a lie
It will stand and stare death down
Rather than take a bow
That life will never stop giving
Though it’s got nothing left to give

That’s the life
That sparks a revolution
That the life
That can’t witness corruption
Even if it dies
Its seeds sprout a million lives

It cannot thrive in slavery
It will not strive with drudgery
What it wants it fights for
Cause that’s what gives it worth
A life that looks beyond death
Because it’s stronger than death

That’s the life not scared of revolution
That’s the life that liberates a nation.

Akpan



Let Tyrants Fall As They Fall


Let tyrants fall as they fall
bump! bump! bump! bump!
into ledges that jut
from jagged edges of rocks
and double over in tortured pain
only to bump! bump! some more
all over again

let grains of dust rise
and settle with finality
on their demise
a swastika of their hypocrisy

for ages we’ve been served
a dessert of deserts
desiccate purposes aver

we now reassert
collective sovereignty
tyranny shall not prevail
we, the people declare our liberty
human rights must avail

let tyrants fall as they fall
let Nazis fall
by their own blitzkrieg
fall shamefaced down
like the ostrich
head in the ground.

Akpan


Tuesday, July 2, 2019

I Have Seen The Wind


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Sudan's Million's March
Courtesy: euronews.com

I have seen the wind
It’s neither you nor I
But look up a Sudanese
In a march of no compromise

I have seen the wind
Don’t let it pass you by
We’re tearing down this tyranny
And we’re taking it outside

I have seen the wind
A hurricane hath no fury
It’s blowing change birthing new life
You best not get left behind

I have seen the wind
It beckons you and I
To help the Sudanese
Translate a dream into life.

Akpan



Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Fight


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Sudan's 'Millions March' against military rule

Do not go gentle into that good fight
For your redemption draweth nigh
By default or by design
You just peaked Africa’s pride

Joy comes in the morning
If you keep your shit tight
Clip the claws of tyranny
Discharge your widow’s mite

Do not go gentle into that good fight
Stand strong as one people
Pump your fists in the sky
Champion this struggle
Keep your eyes on the prize.

Akpan



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