I write you in tears,
As I am filled with fears
I am hopeless
And equally helpless,
I cry regularly
And weep constantly,
Nothing seems to comfort me
Because you are in ruins.
The future is blurred
And the night scary,
The past is ‘hurtful’
The present is harmful,
The night is scary
The future is blurred.
Built for the future
To nurture the unborn,
Built for the unborn
To nurture the future,
I weep my Alma mater
For the future is blurred
For the unborn maybe uncultured.
Your buildings dilapidate
Your quarters go obsolete,
Your fields turn bushes
Your courts become plain,
I weep for my Alma mater.
You made queens and angels
Giants and heroines,
You produced great women
Wonders of the world,
Dear Alma mater
My heart bleeds.
Return, return O Shulammite
For your beauty wooed the king,
Return for your scent adorned the prince
Your ornament decorated the chosen
Return my purple gold
Return O my St Catharine’s,
For my heart bleeds!
NGOZI OLIVIA OSUOHA is a poet/writer/thinker, a Nigerian graduate of Estate Management with experience in Banking and Broadcasting.
She has published over two hundred and fifty poems and articles in over twenty countries and has also featured in over forty international anthologies.
She has authored six poetry books and coauthored one.
She has numerous words on the marble, she has won many awards and also a one time BEST OF THE NET NOMINEE.
Some of her poems have been translated and published in several languages.
Painting by Viktor