I
Nigeria of my dreams,
in years past,
great, and stately,
in hearts of brails.
II
Nigeria of my creams,
in fears present,
freak, and stalely,
in hands of frails.
III
Nigeria of my teams,
in dears future,
dread, and straitly,
in heads of tails.
IV
Nigeria of my breams,
in tears trance,
tread, and strafe,
in minds of wines.
V
Nigeria of my seams,
in rears stance,
treat, and sanely,
in minds of mines.
Ben Ezeohagwu won the Onigraffiks Prize for literature (2017). He is Professor of Graphonomy and Chancellor, African American University, Porto-Novo, Republic of Benin and can be reached at Email: benezeohagwu@yahoo.com, www.africanamericanuniversity.
