Read Spanish version here
Pardon me if I’m impatient with history
I come from the future
Rooted in the soil
I recall the toil
And never recoil
From the struggles to defend Nature
Fixated on the innermost core
That built your past
And that is what will last
Pardon me if I’m impatient with history
My turf is to awake memories
Tenderly built by generosity
I recall the utter perplexity
Of those who revel in complexity
Building logs of life sapping stories
Woven by beings totally at variance with Nature
But I come from the future
Borne by memories of love and fires
Powered by a knowing that drives desires
And strengthened by those unseen wires
That codify and connect our culture
Fixated on the sacred seed
To build the dream future we need
Pardon me if I’m impatient with history
I come from the future
Rooted in the soil
I recall the toil
And never recoil
From the struggles to defend Nature
By Nnimmo Bassey
From the poetry collection, I See the Invisible
