Dele Adeyanju
This world of vanities where kingdoms rise and fall without notice
Where heroes and heroines today become villains tomorrow
Where the shout of ‘’Hosanna’’ today becomes ‘’Crucify him’’tomorrow
Where sounds of celebration and lamentation occur simultaneously among neighbours
Where ‘’His Excellency’’ today becomes a prisoner tomorrow
Where the lust for power is quick to lift up and quicker to throw down
I tremble and bow; I salute with compliance and submissiveness
This world of vanities where humans toil from dawn to dusk without rest
Where Mammon and materialism take precedence above humanlife
Where envy and rivalry often snowball into assault and murder
Where men readily sacrifice their children and spouses for money
Where the reaper of one’s toil is at times even unknown to the labourer
Where people ‘’rise up early, sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows’’
I tremble and bow; I salute with compliance and submissiveness
This world of vanities where criminals are ‘’rewarded’’ with political posts
Where mediocrity is celebrated at the front seat and merit takes the back seat
Where fellow humans are slaughtered to gain political advantage
Where treasury looters are held high as heroes and messiahs
Where one’s birthright is readily sold out for ‘’a morsel of pottage’’
Where godliness and integrity are traded off for profanity
I tremble and bow; I salute with compliance and submissiveness
This world of vanities where one would play God in the affairs of others
Where pride blindfolds the unregenerate to the transiency of post and power
Where the scripture, ‘’God resisteth the proud’’ sounds nonsensical to the lost
Where the only hope of the oppressed is to ‘’lift up my eyes unto the hills…’’
Where a man threatens another without knowing his own last day is imminent
Where those at the corridors of power use the ‘’big stick’’ to torment the poor
I tremble and bow; I salute with compliance and submissiveness
May you and I be distinguished for Godliness in this world of vanities.
Happy New Year!
Dele Adeyanju
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