Nigerian Writer: If Then

Felix Brambaifa

If circumstance were permanent

Then suicide would become choice

If God to prayers remain silent

Then on his grace I rest my curse

If fates were written on stone

Then the purpose of life is scorn

If what we reap is what we have sown

Then why do children fall before a gun

If tears must fall each time we mourn

Then the world a bed of sea would have become

If man cannot truly live without the sun

Then why does it hide when we face the storm?

If traditions were indeed without errors

Then the hinterlands would know no tragedy

If pastors to Africans are not traitors

Then pagans would be choirs of heavens melody

If the will of Angels is truly to obey

Then who pushed Lucifer and told a false tale?

If heaven is most suitable to stay

Then marijuana would surely be on sale

If homosexuals were created by divine will

Then God must be the oldest bisexual

If it is wrong to have the intent to kill

Then why has God not denied devil the chance to prowl?

If hell is the opposite of heaven

Then why is earth not covered in fire?

If what we have is all that is given

Then why is man judged for his desire?

If all said to you make no sense

Then you do not understand the agony of life

If you have ever smelt humanities stench

Then you know, God is male and you, his wife