Godfrey Chux Otiri

Brabrand, Denmark

Godfrey Otiri was born Dec. 5, 1942 in Owerri, Nigeria to Gabriel Otiri and Salome Otiri. He married Sandra Otiri Nov. 9, 1995; His children are Miriam Ngozi, Brigitte Ijeoma and Nadia-Faith Otiri. He was educated at Trinity High, Brooks Medical School and Dalum Tech. School. His memberships include Life member of the Danish Society for the Conservation/Protection of Nature, Member of the Cancer Research Support Organization, Member of the Save The Children Organization, Member of the Local Church Committee. Writings: Femini Island (a novel published by Vantage Press, Inc. of New York, in 1995) and yet to be published, a textbook titled: Traffic Spectrum. Several poems published by The National Library of Poetry.

Social Imperative

The guns of the Biafran Bight
Never sounded so audibly close
But now on our fragile earth,
They could be heard here and there-
Conflicts of might, of territories and of wealth;
About the un-debated pacts of the imperial era,
So artificial in scope, they could no longer hold the glue.

The period of awareness has recently dawned
To fuel the numerous killing fields;
It's burning like hell and lives turn to ashes,
their kins and kinds, like beasts of the wild
The world is shuddering but has no mandate to act
After all, its their war and not a world war:
Howbeit, the media be praised, we're allowed to view the games!

The Meaning of Life?

Shall we be grateful -
for the air we breathe and the life,
we have to fight for, daily - every minute,
to guard against infections
and diseases of all sorts?

Shall we be grateful
for the food and shelter -
we are blessed to have,
even when they are full of -
dangerous microbes and particles that pollute?

Shall we be grateful
for living without hopes,
and caring without incentives -
for growing without goals,
and dying without testaments?

Shall we be grateful
for being created to be and grow,
to eat, work, eat and drink - recour -
to be young, beautiful energetic and then -
in the end, so frail and worn our dignity be gone?

Are we here today in order -
to record the wonders of nature,
and the changes in the lives of man and all,
on the planet Earth that swells with life -
only then to quit and return to ashes?

Or else the reason for the presence of man
has not yet been told by the evolution's story
for while we enjoy the goods we have,
we forget to ask why we are here -
and tend to think we'll live for ever!