Mogya We
Mogya We
MOGYA WE !MOGYA WE!
MOGYA WE!!
WHERE AT THOU?
WHERE LIES THEE, MOGYA
WE?
HAVE THE CORROSIVE
BREATHE OF NAI
YOUR AGE-OLD FATHER AND
NEIGHBOUR ERODED YOUR
RELICS?
WHERE LIES YOUR FIERY SELF,
MOGYA WE?
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN
WATER, MOGYA WE.
I LONG TO SEE YOUR FACE
AGAIN
OH FEARLESS ARBITER.
I FEAR YOUR WRATH,
YOUR JUSTICE I LONG
WHERE HAVE YOUR
ORDERLIES GONE
FOR MEN OF STEEL HAVE
ASSEMBLED.
GRACEFUL WOMEN WAIT,
EYES HEAVILY PREGNANT.
THE BIRTH RIGHT IS UNDER
SIEGE, ABLEKUMA OUR BANE.
OOOH MOGYA WE!
WHEN SHALL WE SEE?
WHEN SHALL WE GATHER
AGAIN
YOUR THRONE’S KNEE?
TO MAKE EAR TO YOUR
RIGHTEOUS REBUKE
AND BEHOLD BLAFO’S GAVEL
FALL TO MOTHERLY WAIL.
THEN JUSTICE, AGAIN
HOISTED.
MOGYA WE! MOGYA WE!!
MOGYA WE!!!
Copyright © Emmanuel Okpoti | Year Posted 2013
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