The Siege
While extremists and all
Are laying siege on Kenya
ICC is laying another siege
Of its own on the country
What siege are they laying
For the Al Shabaab?
For Assad’s regime?
I wonder! Aloud!
While the free world
Is talking peace
With Syria and Iran
Where despicable
Unspeakable acts
Are all but rampant
They are talking war
With peaceful Kenya
Already at the throws
Of merciless Al Shabaab!
Of what use are condolences
From those who seek to rekindle
Yesterday’s atrocious bonfires
With disproportionate vigour?
I heard the thunderous applause
I saw the ambassadorial smiles
I saw the presidential grins
And I saw the skepticism!
And I wished for a moment
And I prayed for a moment
That the new dawn of hope
Would spread wide its wings
To encompass my gallant country
And spare the children of Kenya
The trauma and pain and loss
And let the healing continue!
For on the face of retribution
Lies not the ultimate answer
And at the hands of a hangman
Lies not bankable justice per se!
But perhaps the men and women
Who make an annual pilgrimage
To the skyscrapers of New York
Are immune to such notions!
Copyright © Gerald Kithinji | Year Posted 2013
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