Through the picture

One drop fell from an eye, and walls are still hurting
Maybe? History will outpour sympathy upon us

In this era, we journey with uncontrolled turmoil
Deteriorating, already sabotage faces, whipped with nightmares

Parading in our village, encroaching marriage bed of colorant village headmen 
Swimming with bellies, anticipating our own fingers to massage them

Singing ‘can’t get enough’, budding in seconds territory of riches
Still, we stand tall for them

Like smiling citizens, admiring to fight for free
Truth? Even running water came to rebuke the abundance corruption in our warm village

It is something more, maybe of the depths? Maybe we lost it?
Blurred it out, foots in dusty rallies

Confusing thousands, with uncertain rhythms
Like shadows terrified through the picture
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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October 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
The paired lines give this poem a haunting rhythm, carrying its images of corruption, communal suffering, and troubled resilience. The closing shadows draw the anguish back into the picture, leaving a powerful sense of lives both witnessed and obscured.
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