BY FRANCIS NII
This poem was written at the height of the 2011 political impasse between Grand Chief Sir Michael Somare and Peter O'Neill over the prime minister's post and the Task Force Sweep's stunning unveiling of misappropriation of millions of public funds by politicians and public servants
Probity...probity!
Fountain of love
Pillar of peace
Crown of justice
Rock of salvation
Tower of liberty
Sea of prosperity
Probity...probity!
Heaven's legacy
Messiah's advocacy
Yoke of supremacy
Dream of the meek and afflicted
National cry of the masses
Manna for a nation in crisis
Seed Papua New Guinea seed
Big men seed
Small men seed
Mothers seed
Children seed
Clergymen seed
Everybody seed
with probity
Seed in all walks of life
Probity in the homes
Probity in the learning places
Probity in the work places
Probity in the churches
Probity in the bureaucracy
Probity in the political arena
Let probity be implanted in our blood
Let probity be rooted in our systems of governance Let probity takes reign in our dealings A probity-cherished Papua New Guinea shall her citizens triumph over a new sunrise A dawn of opulent paradise where the euphoria of triumph never dies
* When probity is in control the nation shall know no greed, either for power or for wealth - Francis Nii, 12 December 2011
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