‘To Mokwugo Okoye – A Forsaken Freedom Fighter’ (Poem)

Summary

You were born before your time

And that is your only crime,

But are you to blame

That people know not your worth

Or fail to come forth

And tell what they know of your fame?

You spent three years in jail

To make sure they would not fail

In their freedom fight.

You shunned wealth for the war to be won.

But in sharing the spoils, none

Thought of your role in the fight.

The truth you have always spoken

Without fear of who is broken.

They named you a censor,

Lone voice in the wilderness.

They tried to ignore your goodness

And in the process made you greater.

They mocked your simple aura,

And gauged your worth in naira,

But to you it is evil

To enrich oneself and breed

From corruption and greed

And by conniving with the devil.

But I have gained where they have lost

And will keep you at all cost,

For your love is most true,

My path your knowledge has lighted,

My virtue yours has hoisted,

And my hope has sprung from you.

As our love shunned tradition

To bring itself to fruition,

So shall our goodness,

Our hope for future bright

Serve us as a powerful light

As we bask in true happiness.