"Nobles on Wigs and Gowns”

Gentlemen under a solemn call

Who dine and wine in the Bar of the Law

Before the Bench, they stand tall

Pleading the cause of men in open door’

Their language is all Greek to the Lay

Who strive all night and day

Seeking to break the mystery of their wits

Cracking through their words, bit by bit

On their noble heads lies the ‘lying’ stigma

Held highly strong like the Catholic dogma

But the saintly tongue of posterity

Will bear witness to their integrity

Whatever the cascade of reactions

Only the Nobles on Wigs and Gowns

Wear the glory of the ‘Learned’ Crown 

Unkingly crown having no reversion

Published in THISDAY LAWYER

of ThisDay Newspaper – 22nd April, 2014. p. 13.

“Living Oracles of the Law”

Living Oracles of the Law

Who the young and old adore

Installed by the Supreme Judge

To bring justice without grudge

Now the question goes…

If the temple is fraught with rot,

What is the fate of my worship?

If the shepherds tend to tend not,

What is the fate of the sheep?

Living Oracles of the Law

Anointed to wage sacred war

To keep the golden gates of Equity

And strike the wicked with no levity

Now the Chief Priest rose…

Embarking on a cleansing process

Invoking the powers of the Grundnorm…

Sanctification is in progress

And it is on like a great storm.

Published in THISDAY LAWYER

of ThisDay Newspaper – 15^th April, 2014.

p. 13.

“Law Defined”

Lifeless stream of inks buried in Books

Alive in the courts by Judges’ breath

Living like spirits with hard looks

Hovering a Nation’s length and breadth

A strong sword with great scabbard

Sometimes bent and blunt by the rich

Leaving the poor with placards

Craving for justice beyond reach

A brave Entity sometimes flawed

And made weak in the eyes of the weak

By the bombs of masked overlords

Having overriding technique

An Ass to many with heavy hearts 

Whose lives have been torn apart

Published in THISDAY LAWYER

of ThisDay Newspaper – 8^th April, 2014.
p. 13.