Friday, 13 March 2015
Bereaved mother
BEREAVED MOTHER
when i was in England
i received a parcel
in the parcel was a letter
it reads thus 'the bereaved mother'
i torn my self apart and came down to my fatherland
i can look the sun in the face
and tell what they have done to my beloved mother
mother Nigeria
she laid among the pigs howling
who might have done this? i cried
but the leaders laughed me scornfully
i trembled at their crunching foot steps
i shivers at their deafening laugh
thirsty for the blood of the poor which,
mother tried to preserved until she was captured
Now see what they have done to her
Bruises all over her face
her tasty milk got sour and she groan
be brave mother,
Forget not your children in misery
they are pushed in to hardship like slaves
in the land which suppose to shade them
soiled in poverty but still wear smile as all is well
they wait upon your revolt
heal quick to fight them all
so to protect us all
like mother hen protect its chicks
never leave us alone in the dark
kill them all, kill them all, mother
when a child is beaten by her mother
she received him with left hand but
if he refuses, he is left to perish
you bore us and under your shade we
suck breast but some of our brothers
has gone astray in a mischievous manner
the sweat of your work
would never be a waste
i lay alone in the dark
in supplication, for my people
the owl howl terribly
but fear i discard from my heart
father must hear this
perhaps, he might be of help to us
to bear our pains and fight them all
to our freedom and liberty
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