Hello PoetryVoting

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

Vote

Voting-Boards

Home

HomeFollowingInboxNotifications

Read

ReadLiftedFeedsHeartedHistoryMy poemsNew poem

Explore

ExploreOrbitsWordsTagsClassics
Log in
0
Stars
0
Embers
0
Alerts
0
Inbox

HYMN OF INEQUALITY

Whirlpool of whirling quaint

Inequality brewing in the

Winepress of smithereens

Fragile polity.

Voices of weariness cried

Out from the wasteyard of

Waste for succour,

Pointing fingers of

Recrimination towards

The abyss of drouth ,

Entangled in conflicts

Of interest.

 

Winds of improvised emblem

Bearing hunchback of

Woes,

Raising hands from the

Drowning deep sea

For rescue like

A dejected beautiful

Vigaro in a

Turbulent ocean of quarrel

With her spouse.

 

Whereas reddish fluids of life

Runs across the same veins

And arteries of haves

And haves-not but

Cottage of interests

Hoisting avalanche of

Rainbow-coloured flags

Standing aloof on the

Pole of misrule,

Demarcating their interests.

 

No accommodation for wants

In the corridor of affluence.

Wants on a trade mission

With wealthy but caged in

The confinement of wealth.

 

Winds of inequality blew

Whirler of wants into

The marrow of the

Haves-not.

Rains of inequality passing

Through a lockage of lack

Into the improvised,

Doling-out poverty to

Gain the control of

Wealth.

 

Alas! Blindness sees inner

Vision of darkness from

The households of political

lamia.

Alas! Deafness hears

Discordant vague voices

Of failure from the forest

of frustration.

Alas! Dumbness speaks

Language of gnomes out

Of the vale of forgotten

treasures.

Alas! A four year tenancy

turning into decades

of challenges.

 

But we shall revive our hope

and raise our voices

tomorrow.

Request permission to use this poem
r
Written by
ralph-akintan
Published
Feb 22, 2019
Lines·Words
65·222
Permission

Request to use this poem

Tell ralph-akintan how you would like to use it. We review requests before forwarding them.

AboutBlogFAQPrivacyTermsContact
© 2009-2026 Hello Poetry/v27.0 by @eliotyork
Explore
Hello PoetryVoting
Write