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by Henry Ekwuruke | |
Published on: Oct 2, 2007 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
https://www.tigweb.org/express/panorama/article.html?ContentID=16333 | |
Besides the waters stood our ancestral home Built by the strangers who lived once here as citizens Standing with our standing to rubbish our hospitality They lied to us into unbelief and belief… Claim to heal our land shoe acronym is ‘fault’ Can appease the gods and atone our many sins For our destiny lies within their hands Programmed our gods to understand strange languages But here lies the spirits that never talk Their spokesperson is long around with them Here my cursed ancestors once stood They interacted with us, their offsprings With promises that interests mothers and fathers alike The virus counted no numbers in locating our trust We opened our hearts to receive their blessings! Countless blessings that we could not finish Invitations were sent to help alleviate the blessings That the strangers unfold on our holy land Because each day a weary pony dropped Left for the vultures on the plains White men who looked like us, were welcomed The gate of our home is polished and always open Even in silence we manage to whisper our names We danced, sang and our laughter remained Till the virus unlocked our code Parley with us inside our home and fires are lit Towards the holy land in the green light of peace It rarely corrupted the holy land without rescue… « return. |