by Henry Ekwuruke | |
Published on: Sep 19, 2007 | |
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Type: Poetry | |
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Life stood still for a stronger life People saw visions that lack meanings Our waters rose to swallow waters Even in the face of unperturbed miracles We have seen lives that are lacking Our imaginations imagine terrible thoughts Conditioning our conditions to untold stories Haven forgotten our mission in a strange land Look us to the face and laugh laud instead It’s our night journey without light Our sacred courts have seen unborn pregnancies Leaving the children of mere-men incapacitated We count our losses before the days business finish Remain obedient to the trial that educates our chances Our consciences became afraid of the blues and blacks In a land unknown to strangers, yet too familiar We are also lost in the bush with them! « return. |