'You are what is wrong' by Ahmad Abdullah

This is a poem that rallies the spirit of discipline and integrity. It defines the characteristics of the weaknesses we harbor that eventually leads to our nation's downfall.

Though the our country is falling, we hide behind ignorance and act rather deceitful .

You are what is wrong

You take a step forward

Then a leap backward

You must be a coward

An incompetent steward

You are what is wrong with our nation

You are a fool without notion

For you choose to be blinkered

When your mind always tinkered

You are what is wrong with our nation

You are why we plunge further

You are the reason behind this damnation

That as a nation we continue to suffer

You are the moment that choose to be quiet

When your fellow human is in need

You are everything wrong with our diet

When those with poverty can’t even feed

You are the kinsmen of a tribe

That against other tribes will take a bribe

For naught, for fortunes so fickle

For a price that is so little

You are what is wrong with our nation

You are the child that we had hoped

Will have fared better without salvation

From the womb of a mother you were enveloped

You are disease that is so deadly

A pandemic that has wildly

Eaten through the hearts of fools like you

Corrupt and savage and undisciplined too

You are me when I refuse to identify you

I am you when I choose to ignore you

We are what is wrong with our nation

When we are always afraid of retribution

For how long will we hide under diplomacy?

All in the name of democracy

We are what is wrong with our nation

We are the definition of hypocrisy.

Ahmad Abdullah, AKA Ahmad Holderness is a medic and a writer who is about to be published. He is the director of Home Of Book foundations that seek to help Nigerian youths to read and write better. His writings can be viewed at and you can follow him on instagram at @home_of _books_foundation