The beauty of Nigeria

Neither the sober east nor the smoldering south could bring this giant beauty to halter,
Nor the scorching sun of the north or the fading plains of the west could succeed in bringing you to sunder,
We live in a nation so blessed we cannot but wonder,
How you have stood firm despite the challenges that came to render, a giant beautiful nation to squander,
Where ever divisions abound they are surely bound to falter,
So much so that your spectators feel you amuse them more than they could shoulder,
Some say you are God’s own gift as a miracle for the troubled nations on earth to learn to,
So they Learn to live as one great nation for the sake of their brothers and sisters to further,
Some believe you are a country so faithful that external aggression cannot help but turn back,
Countless nations by far we outnumber,in differences, religions and ideologies we have thus set a benchmark,
I say despite our fragile past we still hop forth to dazzle,
The nations of the world who have long thought that you will blunder,
They are being held apt in a state of wonder,
Because you are a country so brave that you did not shatter,
In the face of great adversity you stood still amidst a crumbling house unabated,
Despite the countless prophets that spelt doom for you my mother,
Kampe you stood and furthered a cause to save us all from wander,
The beauty of being the son of a beautiful mother remains that, you are a country that dwarfs not promising potentials and talents my mother.
Muhammad Tijjani Nakande, a freelance writer, is a neo panafrican; you can reach him online at www.muhammadnakandesworld.blogspot.com or email him at memzycool@yahoo.com