ANGUISH OF A MOTHER'S CHILD by Deshi Onani

Day 77
#365daypoetryforadvocacyandsocialchangechallenge

Olodumare
Convener of ethereal meetings
Not in homage, my bended knee
But to pour boiling anguish
Torrents of beads spilled

Why, oh why
Does blood ring in deep valleys
Bounce off rotting streams
Creep, the restless ivy
Why this sullen path?
We could all be ghostly, no crime
Than this oozing stench
Black skin, black soul, black...
Ah, Olodumare!

Lady Justice should
Sit also in dust, thighs bare,
Arms Akimbo
Scales far flung, her blindfold cut
She seems in dire need of light herself
Better yet, should lead her sheep
To each, his pasture

Myths of dark ages
Legends of golden hope
Bend your forlorn heads
Bare your blunt fangs
Blast dead incantations
Scratch dry throats in hope of fire
Fate points accusing fingers

Olodumare
Convener of ethereal meetings
Paint our heads white
Our land, a picturesque of heaven
So she will strut proudly
The mother we've ever known.

Deshi Onani hails from bekwarra local government area in cross river state. She is currently a student of the university of Calabar, cross river state. She is a member of Poets In Nigeria(PIN), and Calabar Literary Society (CLS). Her hobbies include dancing, reading, listening to music, and traveling. She lives in Calabar, Cross river state.

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