FOR HOW LONG

For how long will I live in foolery?
Hoping it will be better bye and bye
While things go bad in the day and nighttime
Unabated, my kismet wears away
Left in ruins to rot in abandonment

For how long will I live to be sorry?
My belongings blot due to lack of means
Unwelcome rats sneak in to eat my clothes
These stocks up glories of the past era
Like tattered flags of a battered nation

For how long will I live in deception?
Of promises that were mere lip service
Hope of affordable decent lodging
Of constant light and portable water
These pledges, you renege with no remorse

For how long will corruption hold its sway?
Our collective mandates trampled upon
Whilst rigging rife amid impunity,
Then translated into half bags of rice
On your deceptive re-election campaign

For how long will this madness continue?
Electoral offenses glossed over
Now bomb blasts and weeping in high places
With imposters eying the golden throne
The future hangs on a falling balance

For how long will the poor masses suffer?
From the things we can change if we say no
Let every vote count and be secured
Let every one rise to protect this land
One man, one woman, one vote, one Nation