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!