Piker Press — Weekly Journal of Arts and Literature
April 27, 2026

If Your Nation Is a Sinking Boat

"...Nurture her for a better berthing..."

If Your Nation Is a Sinking Boat

If your nation is a sinking boat,
Do not dismiss her as a failure,
Packing your bags and baggages,
Ditching her for another's glory.
Be within her fold, and plan for a rescue,
Take upon yourself, duties of chivalry.
Nurture her for a better berthing,
In nation building.
Be her life jacket.
Else, you become a nonentity,
In another man's land.






Article © Eddie Awusi. All rights reserved.
Published in the March 5, 2018 issue .
Image(s) are public domain.
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