Torch of Imperialism by Godswill Odeku

On the horizon of waters,
At the far fringes of my land,
Beams the torch of imperialism.
Gazing at me with unfeigned mockery,
Diffusing death to my land.

Aglow with radiant ambience,
Witnessed at the ends of Obololand,
Beams the torch of imperialism.
To the ignorant of reality,
Infusing an hopeless hope.

A testament to hateful greed,
An evidence of undiscovered sleaze,
Beams the torch of imperialism.
Posting in the heavens for Knowledge,
That which from knowledge was hid.

Poison to our nasal soup,
Filth to my drink, to my bath,
Beams the torch of imperialism.
A curse to my land, to nature;
Standing on the tower of the West,
Is this despicable Torch,
Despicable Torch of Imperialism!