Is It Possible?

Is it possible to have faith and not hope?

Is it possible to have the wood and not the trees?

Is it possible to have a phrase and not the letters?

Is it possible to find rhythm and not poetics?

Is it possible to change without the stages of pain?

Is it possible to find one’s bearings and not direction?

Is it possible to feel the heart of Africa and not the heat?

Is it possible to be the giant of Africa and not Nigeria?

Akpan