Poetry from By Olanrewaju Timothy Fatoye

Why Lack What We Need?!

In shadows deep, where darkness takes its heed,
We lack what we need, in dire times we plead.
No power's grace to light our path with care,
Insecurity's cloak, a burden hard to bear.

A student's dreams, once bright, now dulled by strife,
In the absence of light, she walked a perilous life.
With every step, uncertainty did breed,
In the heart of the night, where shadows feed.

Vicious whispers echo through the streets,
As the city sleeps, in darkness it retreats.
No watchful eyes to guard, to intercede,
A tragedy unfolds, in this forsaken creed.

Innocence is lost, a life now gone,
In the absence of trust, a mourning dawn.
We lack what we need, in this tragic decree,
A society's lament, in somber harmony.

With power's absence, and security's despair,
We mourn the cost of a world unfair.
In a symphonic voice, we must take heed,
For in these voids, the darkest deeds proceed.