Alien..

<h1>Alien..</h1>Author: <a title="NWANOSIKE MICHAEL" href="http://www.articlesbase.com/authors/nwanosike-michael/67911.htm">NWANOSIKE MICHAEL</a>              The alien…
 
   As a little boy then
I would inflate my balloon... 
In the moonlight 
Hoping some ether within its wall
Would propel it to the moon....
   In excitement, i watched it ascend the sky 
Suddenly it jerked up and down...
It dropped like a bird being made to bleed
By virtue of a stretched catapult
   Then, I couldn’t write nor read
…To suggest freefall as the cause  
    I dashed into the hut in tears 
When I saw an aircraft glide skyward
As if its wheels wouldn’t touch the ground again
 
   All grown up now...
Mother Africa perseveres on 
The foreign media still defines
Her territory third world 
  At each flicker of an eyebrow 
And beat of and eardrum
Another unpleasant report breaks some statistic…:
Aids; poverty; illiteracy; underdevelopment
Sickle cell: black mans disease!
  My feeble hands tighten its grasp on literacy 
For sustaining the dream of being an African scientist:
…that would straighten up the twisted logic
And unwind the strands of fate lined across the DNA 
 ...coding a brighter day for Africa:
A famous equation by same perhaps;
 Or his profile leaving an indelible trace 
In the science textbook
Being read out in a classroom 
Up there in the western world   
   My ambition veers further:
An alternative axiom 
Faster in its approach toward the stars
And efficient in power  
To enable man hitch his wagon anywhere in space
 
  It has been projected by some
That Africa is as far from her target
As NASA is, from andromeda 
  Their noises dampen out on reaching my ears; 
Their argument loses its heat
On contact with my skin
 
  In a daydream
Scenes of my childhood days are replayed.
…I was chasing a wild goose
Before my feet got stuck to the ground_ 
 My fellow man had gone extraterrestrial from the same spot!
I swore never to forgive myself: 
By chance I end up a victim of the false notion
…hide anything from a Blackman; hide it in a book   
  
  Watson and crick once quoted the inferiority of the Black race
Yet it is ironical
The tropical forests
Tilted her canopies
To shield their hall of fame status
Like the ozone…
 
  I would never forget the genocide in Darfur: 
Rebel militia wiping out the black population… 
Like humans exterminating alien invaders.
  Spoils of war tower above their land beds…
As another territory embarks on a space mission simultaneously:
A manned shuttle in search of extraterrestrial beings_
The whole world watching as it engages blastoff_
In an instant, many sighted an object glowing like a burning charcoal
On its approach toward lightening speed...
   The mission failed 
Engines exploded and the capsules sailed…
Nevertheless lives were being bailed
Though the altitude pronounced a death sentence 
On the astronauts...
   Meanwhile a space saucer spun across the sky…
Cameras captured a shot of holographic projection;
While satellites transmitted the extraordinary scene
All the way to my TV screen:
The earths probe toward the intelligent side of space
Is bound to fail…
Absolute conquest takes a tug of war
In this case the human race will never win…
Whereas Africa is down there hurting.About the Author: Article Source: <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/">ArticlesBase.com</a> - <a href="http://www.articlesbase.com/poetry-articles/alien-526077.html" title="Alien..">Alien..</a>

The alien…

As a little boy then

I would inflate my balloon...

In the moonlight

Hoping some ether within its wall

Would propel it to the moon....

In excitement, i watched it ascend the sky

Suddenly it jerked up and down...

It dropped like a bird being made to bleed

By virtue of a stretched catapult

Then, I couldn’t write nor read

…To suggest freefall as the cause

I dashed into the hut in tears

When I saw an aircraft glide skyward

As if its wheels wouldn’t touch the ground again

All grown up now...

Mother Africa perseveres on

The foreign media still defines

Her territory third world

At each flicker of an eyebrow

And beat of and eardrum

Another unpleasant report breaks some statistic…:

Aids; poverty; illiteracy; underdevelopment

Sickle cell: black mans disease!

My feeble hands tighten its grasp on literacy

For sustaining the dream of being an African scientist:

…that would straighten up the twisted logic

And unwind the strands of fate lined across the DNA

...coding a brighter day for Africa:

A famous equation by same perhaps;

Or his profile leaving an indelible trace

In the science textbook

Being read out in a classroom

Up there in the western world

My ambition veers further:

An alternative axiom

Faster in its approach toward the stars

And efficient in power

To enable man hitch his wagon anywhere in space

It has been projected by some

That Africa is as far from her target

As NASA is, from andromeda

Their noises dampen out on reaching my ears;

Their argument loses its heat

On contact with my skin

In a daydream

Scenes of my childhood days are replayed.

…I was chasing a wild goose

Before my feet got stuck to the ground_

My fellow man had gone extraterrestrial from the same spot!

I swore never to forgive myself:

By chance I end up a victim of the false notion

…hide anything from a Blackman; hide it in a book

Watson and crick once quoted the inferiority of the Black race

Yet it is ironical

The tropical forests

Tilted her canopies

To shield their hall of fame status

Like the ozone…

I would never forget the genocide in Darfur:

Rebel militia wiping out the black population…

Like humans exterminating alien invaders.

Spoils of war tower above their land beds…

As another territory embarks on a space mission simultaneously:

A manned shuttle in search of extraterrestrial beings_

The whole world watching as it engages blastoff_

In an instant, many sighted an object glowing like a burning charcoal

On its approach toward lightening speed...

The mission failed

Engines exploded and the capsules sailed…

Nevertheless lives were being bailed

Though the altitude pronounced a death sentence

On the astronauts...

Meanwhile a space saucer spun across the sky…

Cameras captured a shot of holographic projection;

While satellites transmitted the extraordinary scene

All the way to my TV screen:

The earths probe toward the intelligent side of space

Is bound to fail…

Absolute conquest takes a tug of war

In this case the human race will never win…

Whereas Africa is down there hurting.

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