I REMEMBER

I remember the times,
I used to stay up at nights,
staring at bright lights,
and the city skyline.

It was so fine,
even when PHCN took the light,
It was still bright,
from the light,
of the stars that shone at night.

But now,
I shiver with fright,
at night,
I grab my pillows tight,
close the windows tight,
and put off all the lights.

Guarding,
from marauders of the night,
thieves molesting the night,
and breeding,
sorrow, pain,
injecting tragedy through the veins.

I remember,
when I wasn’t so fatalist,
back then, I was a catalyst,
I gingered speed,
and knew no retreat.

Now I sit,
not in defeat,
but I’m not me,
this is what they have done to me,
the looters and the thieves,
they’ve spoilt my life,
forced me to take mediocracy,
as a wife,
dictators,
they have squandered our collective inheritance,
yet they know no repentance,
so they shall burn.

I remember,
when it was all fun,
so I’ll remember to beg God,
to make their hell,
a special one.