YOU HAVE TO

You woke up Got into your car And you drove off To a village your friend talked about You saw kids playing A mother watching You approached her And you started discussing You promised heaven and earth 'If you can allow your child to follow me to the city I would make sure she has a better life' The ignorant woman nodded in response In she went To prepare her child's luggage So motherly that she requested to follow her In a jiffy, you were ready to leave You drove, drove and drove, finally you got home You behaved so mannerly that no one would doubt you Some days after her arrival She left for the village leaving her child in your care At first, you kept the pace You showed your true colour a week after Though you fulfilled your promises, it was like not fulfilling it at all You made the child go through hell Day, and night, the child must have something to do You turned her into a modern slave All this will one day pay for good You would then realise you've made a mistake What you will do to yourself should be done to others. It's high time we stopped. We go to the villages, promising the illiterates something we won't do. We take their kids to our houses and turn them to modern slave. I want us to know that what goes around will surely come back around, you have your kids and you don't know what the future has for them. Your unmindful act is contributing to the country's shambles and you are one of those saying Nigeria can't be better. You have no time left, you will soon be caught in the act. Change for a better Nigeria!