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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=16335 | |
All my prayers, blood freely split along The streets From this observatory, I watched my dreams Listless along the streets Matching towards the cemetery of no remembrance At the foot of the hills Yesterday was gone but in memoriam Towards the solemn celebration Time proved to be the master of the day As rains fall in cats and dogs Magicians had laughed together with enchanters For a new convert that plays around is around I have never cried so boldly before in the afternoon As my veins yielded bloods Become an exile in my father land Without sleep I slept at night Leave before I go down in the night of dreams Shattered dreams of no future The years my father wholly depended on has been lost Even extended his slender arm full of kindness To the villagers that laugh last in winter Inside they overcame me with speeches But all the waters immediately go out of me Because in a fit of anger, I cried to my gods Whom answered my prayers in pain « return. |