The birds have forgotten to fly
And our shadows stand resolute,
Unwilling to go with the night.
Our children have long forgotten the language of laughter
For the wax fluently in the dialect of tears.
Who will be the referee between
The hungry spirits and angry shadows
For the sword must be drawn from its sheath
Or else, we become breathing corpses.
Christy Chris is a young Nigerian poet and most of her works are deep expressions of the prevalent situation in her country and of life and the world at large. Her works depicts an unflinching and undaunting hope for change and growth. She hopes to touch and influence lives by her writings. Christy Chris was the winner of the Okigbo poetry competition (2014) and the winner of ‘Scribble the future’ (2016). She was also shortlisted as one of the 100 best young African poets in 2018. Her works are documented in her blog:abvnormal.wordpress.com