DIDACTIC: "STRINGS: WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF US?" BY AJAKAYE STRIDA

The heavens mourn the increasing 

Spirits of babies, children, youths...

arriving its territory like old age has come,

the land of many being drunk

by the fight for power of religion,

religious buildings becoming abattoirs,

as though they, created religion themselves,

religious discourses nagging evil 'gainst one another.

Fine, we have lamented the mishandling of lives, 

properties, merriments... enough.

What about the rest of us?

What about the rest of us?

The rest of us can gather our feet,

to match towards the immortality of peace,

training our thoughts for societal significance,

scaling our might into environments 

envision like a sparkling lamp 

spreading into intense darkness.

What about the rest of us?

What about the rest of us?

The rest of us can walk and work to bring 

peace into our homes, society, states,

even to the world,

through appropriation of religious aspirations,

by shamelessly embracing 

policies with positive practices.

What about the rest of us?

What about the rest of us?

The rest of us can ring tolerance 

into the soon generation,

we can catapult these issues, 

challenges upon remedial trains,

as transparent transit for human development.

What about the rest of us?

Chickens and birds have wings

but the chickens have overfed the pride of their wings,

and so, the air reads them too heavy for minutes.

Excessive pride is an unrepentant enemy of religion,

if some dine in pride,

what about the rest of us?

When several societies 

deforest the humanitarian sake of life, 

"we" that lament,

are the "us" of the "rest of us".

The rest of us can string peace,

to live in the hearts of the weak world,

stringing differences towards multiplicities,

maybe just as the rainbow does. 

 

Yes we, me and you!

We can be Strings of positive significance!

RASHIDAT OLAMIDAYO AJAKAYE

STRIDA- ... guiding you to striking confidence in academic and creative writing!

The poet persona encourages positive movements towards the maintenance of peace and national development. Hence, the bards includes herself as a receiver of the peace-centred advice.