African Child
African Child
Blessed beyond bounties and boundaries,
By the love of Mama Nature,
Drinking from her nursing breasts,
Like a drunkard.
I rested on sapphire and emerald,
Dug from the pit of Paradise.
The golden noon dazzled my sight
Beneath a smiling sun.
I strolled along the riverside,
Watching maidens mirror the lushness of mermaids.
Casting my hook,
Trying to catch a fish.
The first gunshot demystified my godliness,
From the barrels of Western scavengers
Who scattered our peace
With acid from their brazen mouths.
I am not corrosive,
As some of you believe.
I rose from the charred remains
Of Nebuchadnezzar's flames.
It has been two thousand brutal years.You have gone too far
Without tasting the human in me.
Till we meet again in solemn silence,
I will tell you
How forgiving I am.
~ Uche Chidozie Okorie
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