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👑Crown D Pen
Student @ Adekunle Ajasin University
Student @ Adekunle Ajasin University
Harvest Never Reach
<p>Harvest Never Reach</p><p></p><p>Written in Nigerian Pidgin English</p><p></p><p>E get days wey I go stand for the back of window..</p><p>The window wey dey open reach dat small veranda,</p><p>I go dey watch as the sun dey sink</p><p>like something wey don tire, but e still wan try dey push.</p><p></p><p>Na der be my altar.</p><p>I no dey kneel, but I dey pray.</p><p>I no too shout..</p><p>But I talk am make God fit hear the load wey I no name.</p><p></p><p>I tell God,</p><p>"I wan be the one wey go change dis story."</p><p>Make I grow tall pass where we dey now.</p><p>Make I build name wey my papa and mama go fit rest inside.</p><p></p><p>Our house no be sorrow house oo,</p><p>But better and wahala dey live like neighbours.</p><p>E get days wey rice no go get stew,</p><p>and days wey the pot go surprise us with many many.</p><p>We dey laugh. We dey wait. We dey survive.</p><p></p><p>School just be like plastic chair for rainy day;</p><p>e dey shake like sey e no get strength, and e cold,</p><p>but e still better to use sidan when every other thing soak and wet,</p><p>than to stand under rain..</p><p></p><p>And I dey dream.</p><p>I dey dream say I go carry my people up like yam wey them uproot.</p><p>I dey dream of more things I go do with my hands,</p><p>Wey go pass to dey clap for people wey don make am.</p><p></p><p>But dream no dey clear road.</p><p>Plenty times I try, e no work and I close mouth.</p><p>I carry plans like harvest wey rot for farm..</p><p>e sweet for eye, but e no enter plate.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes, for night, I go ask myself,</p><p>"Dem go live to eat the fruit wey I dey grow?"</p><p>Still, I dey plant.</p><p>I dey plant for ground wey don crack,</p><p>for inside seasons wey no sure say rain go fall,</p><p>with hands wey no dey wait for 'well done' again.</p><p></p><p>Dem say "river wey forget e source go dry."</p><p>So I carry my own anywhere I go; my mama sweat and prayer, for my chest,</p><p>my papa wrinkled hands, for my mind.</p><p>Na dem dey push me.</p><p></p><p>I no be the harvest.</p><p>Not yet.</p><p>But I dey come small small.</p><p></p><p>And I no dey alone,</p><p>we many wey dey dis same soil,</p><p>we dey dig with hope, we dey build with bones,</p><p>we no go die when our dreams never unfold.</p><p></p><p>Na we be the seeds;</p><p>we no loud, we no dey perfect,</p><p>but we dey grow. And we dey come.</p><p>And tomorrow better ready for us.</p><p></p><p>Credit: Ogoke Nzubechukwu Victoria</p><p></p>
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