Something is not right. Something is definitely not right. My society is rotting. My society is decaying. It's crumbling before my very eyes. How do I stop it? How do we stop it? Things have truly fallen apart. It's breaking my heart. How isn't it breaking anyone else's heart? Somebody must do something. Anybody must do something.
Let me tell you what has happened. You see, I live in an abnormal society. 3% of the society is oppressing and suppressing the remaining 97%. I saw a little girl chase a public bus on third mainland bridge and my heart literally broke. She couldn't have been more than two years older than my 5 years old sister whom I love ever so dearly. She was chasing after that bus to collect her money from one man who had just bought water from her. Who would let their precious little girl sell water on such a busy bridge? People in cars ranging from Porshes to range rover sports, watched as this little girl ran after a moving bus barefooted. Endangering her life. Afterall, it wasn't their business.
97% of the people in my society look on frustrated, defeated and angered as the 3% A.K.A the olowo's (wealthy people) flaunt their wealth in their faces. Surely, that's not right. They see the 'development' of their city/country but don't taste it. They are treated like garbage in their own country. Please tell me something is not right. I don't get it. I really don't. How are the 3% so completely blinded to the reality of our city and our country? Do they honestly not see the struggle or hear the cries of these innocent people? I live in a society where graduates with first class degrees are jobless and graduates with third class degrees or even no degrees (from abroad ofcourse) are PLACED in top positions simply because their father knows someone or is someone. The widows and fatherless cry out in distress daily yet, somehow their cries go unheard. Looking at the faces of the people in the public buses and all I see is pain, struggle and disappointment. How does nobody else see this?
Going to a wedding or party of the elite in Lagos or Abuja is like being transported into another world. Almost like paradise. Yes, its like escaping into some sort of heaven. A few minutes to adjust back to reality is certainly needed when the party ends. Everything is clean, shiny and expensive. There is food pouring out of every corner and there are more than enough drinks for every one in your village. The amount of food is literally sickening. Yet, thousands if not milions of people in this very same city are starving. Everyone is dressed like royalty and treated like dignitaries. Smiles, hugs and kisses abound. Music and dancing continue till the early hours of the morning. My question; what happens when the music fades? What happens when all the pandemonium, glitz, fashion and madness turns to darkness? Well, everyone carries on pretending. I guess.
I could go on and on about all the sectors we've blinded our eyes to but I'll stop here. My society is a facade. Worst part? We live like all is well. We live like we can't see the suffering of children the same ages as our children and loved ones. We live like our society is whole and booming. How do we think our society is normal? How have we deceived ourselves so much? How did we become so ridiculously selfish? So just because she/he is not your child you turn a deaf ear on their plea? My heart weeps when I see some faces in traffic or drive by certain areas. When will the eyes of our government see their plight? When will OUR own eyes see their struggle? Who will tell their story? Like I said at the begining of this post, something is not right and we HAVE to fix it. The innocent children of Nigeria DESERVE a better society.
With all my love,
Dárà Rhodes. X
Let me tell you what has happened. You see, I live in an abnormal society. 3% of the society is oppressing and suppressing the remaining 97%. I saw a little girl chase a public bus on third mainland bridge and my heart literally broke. She couldn't have been more than two years older than my 5 years old sister whom I love ever so dearly. She was chasing after that bus to collect her money from one man who had just bought water from her. Who would let their precious little girl sell water on such a busy bridge? People in cars ranging from Porshes to range rover sports, watched as this little girl ran after a moving bus barefooted. Endangering her life. Afterall, it wasn't their business.
97% of the people in my society look on frustrated, defeated and angered as the 3% A.K.A the olowo's (wealthy people) flaunt their wealth in their faces. Surely, that's not right. They see the 'development' of their city/country but don't taste it. They are treated like garbage in their own country. Please tell me something is not right. I don't get it. I really don't. How are the 3% so completely blinded to the reality of our city and our country? Do they honestly not see the struggle or hear the cries of these innocent people? I live in a society where graduates with first class degrees are jobless and graduates with third class degrees or even no degrees (from abroad ofcourse) are PLACED in top positions simply because their father knows someone or is someone. The widows and fatherless cry out in distress daily yet, somehow their cries go unheard. Looking at the faces of the people in the public buses and all I see is pain, struggle and disappointment. How does nobody else see this?
Going to a wedding or party of the elite in Lagos or Abuja is like being transported into another world. Almost like paradise. Yes, its like escaping into some sort of heaven. A few minutes to adjust back to reality is certainly needed when the party ends. Everything is clean, shiny and expensive. There is food pouring out of every corner and there are more than enough drinks for every one in your village. The amount of food is literally sickening. Yet, thousands if not milions of people in this very same city are starving. Everyone is dressed like royalty and treated like dignitaries. Smiles, hugs and kisses abound. Music and dancing continue till the early hours of the morning. My question; what happens when the music fades? What happens when all the pandemonium, glitz, fashion and madness turns to darkness? Well, everyone carries on pretending. I guess.
I could go on and on about all the sectors we've blinded our eyes to but I'll stop here. My society is a facade. Worst part? We live like all is well. We live like we can't see the suffering of children the same ages as our children and loved ones. We live like our society is whole and booming. How do we think our society is normal? How have we deceived ourselves so much? How did we become so ridiculously selfish? So just because she/he is not your child you turn a deaf ear on their plea? My heart weeps when I see some faces in traffic or drive by certain areas. When will the eyes of our government see their plight? When will OUR own eyes see their struggle? Who will tell their story? Like I said at the begining of this post, something is not right and we HAVE to fix it. The innocent children of Nigeria DESERVE a better society.
With all my love,
Dárà Rhodes. X
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