Glaucoma



 glaucoma

our glaucomaed eyes were silently take away
they fed it with multiple glasses
which covered our foster eyes from reality.

Our glaucomed mouths
Were fed with malnourished food of deception
We chewed till all our fabricated teeth fell out
Then we drank acidic water of ulcer.

Our asthmatic hearts
Were slit with the bitterness of cough
And when we coughed
Our hearts pumped out cancerous blood
We lost the good air of life
And it made it hard for us to breath properly
We had to grasp for air.

We tried to survive many health difficulties
but all to no avail
We staggered to live
But it seems harder than we thought
We soon found ourselves on the floor
Were we dead?
Were we intoxicated?
Are we blind?
Let earth tell us!

About this poem

this poem talks about the current situation in Nigeria, how we struggle daily and how our political leaders continue to feed us with lies. I wrote this poem out the pain i feel for my beloved country Nigeria,.

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Written on December 08, 2022

Submitted by promisepeter on August 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XXA XXXX XXXBXAX XXXXXXBXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 734
Words 143
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 7, 9

omosivwoni promise

am a law student of glorious vision university edo state Nigeria, am 19 years old, female, and a citizen of Nigeria. I grew believing that a female's voice isn't suppose to be heard, that she's weak and fragile, but in other to prove this narrative wrong, i write poems so my voice can be hear. more…

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