I Cried, I Laugh
I cried beneath our sacred
tree
When those lions were
brought amongst our sheep
When our house was
divided by three and yet by
two
When our ancient shield
was stolen by a heartless
few.
I cried when our three clan
heads, united by greed
Bid us sing many ancestral
war songs
Bid us poison the one
communal water pond.
I cried; a tiny ant trapped
between three fuming
elephants
All set for battle
All spurred on by the three
whispering serpents
Clutching a trident; two
horns and a flaming tail.
I cried when my clan of pure
blood
Burnt down its home for the
crescent and the cross.
I cried; for how could
foreign waters be thicker
than our blood?
I cried when those toothless
lions desecreted our one
sacred destiny.
Now I laugh, the bitter
laughter of a long
conquered eunuch
For I see my end
A drowned ant in a sea of
elephant blood
In a broken home
divided by three and yet by
two.
Copyright © Esson Alumbugu | Year Posted 2012
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