Looking for the Right Man the Wrong Way #2
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They equally send emissaries out
To the major islands where they
Knew the children of the islands have
Migrated to, to know if there is something
Like that there, or maybe anyone
Among them too on getting to the
New island where they have migrated
To have gone blind.
In the meanwhile there are
Some major decisions to be taken
About the economy of the island
And other things which the culture
Of the island forbids the
Representatives to take. Such decision
Can only be taken by the enthroned
Leader, for if representatives take it
And the new leader emerges he
Would upturn the decision and
May set the island back to its
Basis. Thus, they refrained themselves
From taken such decision. But
Because of the loads on the heads
Of the inhabitants of the land, they
Have started to be complaining that
Head is paining them. There is
Nothing that they could do other
Than appealing to the consciences
Of the people living in the land
That they are also not at
Ease more than they do,
That they should know that
They are giving it all it takes
To ensure that the right person
Occupies the oval seat, for if
The wrong person occupies the oval seat,
Then things would be terrible than this
The pain on their heads, our heads
Would be multiplied. And then we shall
Seek for death than living. They told
The gathered crowd before the island’s Hall.
The spokesperson for the
People appreciated the leaderships
Of the island for answering them
For coming out to address them
For if it be leaderships from other
Islands they would not come out
To address them they would be
Sending messengers to them and
Or be using some gimmicks to
Dodge the people but having come
To address them, they are happy
And know they are working
Towards that, they encouraged the
Leaderships not to relent in their
Works and if need be to make use of
Any of them to see that things
Get resolved soon they shall be
More than willing to do that for
Them if and only if they could come
To them, because they are neither
Spirits nor gods thus, they cannot know
When they would need them
For such assistance they told the leaderships
The leaderships thank them and
Promised to always come to them
When they need their assistance for
Seeing this logjam in which they
All are in be quickly resolved.
People who have been sent to
Other islands where they know
The citizens of the island were
Living have been returning and so
Far there has been no good news from
Any of them. When the last person
Returned and it was the same story
They decide to go back to
The diviner, after all they were
The ones who said gods said they
Should be looking for the blind
If not that, they would have
Chosen one diligent, educated, socialized
Person among the citizens
Of the island to occupy the oval seat.
They told the diviner what
They have passed through over
The months in seeing that the
New leader occupies the oval seat
Of the island as soon as possible
But they were near no success
Because the only blind person
Whom they have found
Was dead. The reports of the
Findings from other islands
Where the indigenes of the island
Are scattered to, there are no
Blind ones among them, neither
Have they gone blind on getting there
Maybe due to old age nor given birth
To anyone who is blind.
Having explored all options, they
Discovered that they need to return
To the diviner maybe there is mistake
Somewhere or maybe the oracle was
Talking about the blind old man whom
They found who is dead. If the oracle
Is talking about the person then
It means that he is dead and the gods
Would give new directives.
The diviner after hearing them out
Told them that there are many blind
People among them according to
What the oracles are saying,
In fact there are many of them
Among the youths in the prime of
Their years. They have not searched
Enough the diviner said, if they
Can walk far they would see
Those blind people and would
Choose one from among them
To occupy the oval office, because
It is this blind one that must occupy the
Oval seat if they really want rapid
Advancements for the island. Diviner emphasized.
“Many blinds among us”, “we have
Not walked far”, that is why we
Have not found them, one of
Them re-echoed as they looked at
One another and rise from where
They are sited and left the house of
The diviner, deciding to make further
Push to know where those blinds are
Hiding in the island. If they are
Within our land, we shall definitely
Fish them out. We shall now
Employ the services of more people
Within the island they reasoned
Who shall comb the length and breadth
Of the town while some would go
Into the wilderness and other riverine
Areas within the island to fish
Out those people who are blind
Who have isolated themselves
And incorporated them into the midst
Of the people and of course make
One of them the leader of the island
So that the island would move ahead.
They contacted the spokesperson who
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Comments
OLUSEGUN (author) from NIGERIA on May 25, 2020:
CHATRA RAM thanks a bunch bro.
CHATRA RAM from BARMER INDIA on May 24, 2020:
Thanks sharing this