Poem of the Week: So Now Arise- A Tribute to Eureka

 

O First love A sweet despair A damsel to fall for A tale made up Of blood drenched hearts And butterfly full stomachs Real as it seems The moments ran away Leaving only memories Of glade and grey Laughter, then tears A concoct sublime Followed by teary skies And shivering blizzard colds After which comes the redemption Sunshine’s blissful eureka Of grace to realize It was part-God, part-Man Dusted- I now arise! In love’s grand plan     This Poem is part of the anthology of 30 Poems titled: “Dirges of The Niger” By Nehi Igbinijesu, and ends the Dirges of the Niger Project. ‘So now arise’ is a call to get up and continue the first for a better society. It talks about the lofty aspirations every young person has for Nigeria and how the system dashes those dreams through its inefficiencies. Yet in all the difficulty, a glimmer of hope lingers in our hearts, and holding on to that little light may just be what sees us through a somewhat dark tunnel to our dreams. It is a call to never quit. So now Arise!