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Mariaka, Love and Betrayal

~esoteric~ The story is retold with great relish Its the great chief who precipitated The great war by his love endeavors Its the great chief who led us to war The great chief loved the royal princess Sister to Mariaka making her pregnant Shamed for conceiving out of wedlock She committed the abominable suicide Mariaka was now to ascend the throne After her beloved sister had departed She asked for gifts from the great chief Which great chief you delayed in bringing Mariaka was angry at you great chief Saddened by the loss of her elder sister She took the advice of the malicious elders In the war she aided the imperialist enemy Troops of warriors from Mariaka's tribe Aided the colonizers in fighting our people Our own in-laws fighting us to great losses Loss of life and the sanity of our people Great chief you were unable make peace And the war raged fierce in the slopes Be my force once again.. never shall be For great chief this time round you did it

Copyright © | Year Posted 2015




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Date: 10/15/2015 6:45:00 AM
Humans are humans no matter where or when they lived and live! Welcome my ness friend, Lewis, hope you stay long with us here at the soup and bring your experiences from the place you come from! Interesting and informative narration!
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Lewis Nyaga
Date: 10/16/2015 1:11:00 AM
thank you Demetrios.. its a tough name to spell
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Lewis Nyaga
Date: 10/16/2015 1:10:00 AM
Thank you Detrious.. for those wonderful comments, and i believe i will stay long a poetry soup its a place with very caring friends*******Blessings

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