Okechukwu’s Musings: Poetry, People and Places

Tag: freedom

  • Reflection: African Dream

    I reflect and dream of you, Africa, and hope to see Peace, Equality, and Freedom work for you and for all… …and to travel through many African countryside, to smell coffee grown in a valley in an Ethiopian village, to dance with the Masai and roar boldly with Serengeti Lions when they call the sunrise.…

  • Biafran Babies

    I heard your songs soar through the thick forests, through the fields But the wind hid the song, your voice, and face from the world You were told to keep quiet, but if the hunger won’t let you from crying out Daada had to drop you, so that the Federal soldiers won’t find our hideout…

  • Freedom

    When the creepy hands of darkness departs Then comes a flush of renewed energy *** Do you feel the sweet and virgin morning airs, fresh? Do you love the warmth that comes with the rising sun? The mornings signify a new life Never tie yesterday to this new life But stay awake to the worlds…

  • Boundless Freedom

    The freedom we all seek From the views of the rising sun To the suns slumber in the evening Horizon to horizon Oceans of blue, boundless Much further you can sail And the skies up the firmaments Without boundaries ever known The strength of the ice thicked Upon the bare soil The waterfalls on rocks,…