When I Died

When i died,
Give my corpse to vultures
For in their bosoms
I shall find peace
I shall be free from man's 
Massacres of nature

When i died,
Let no drums echoes
Refrain pattering feet from my spirit
For in silent was i introduced
Into this noisy cosmos
Refrained mourners
From weeping 
Because the rains are here
When its rains my spirit will ruin

When i died,
Tell mother, 
I was murder
By hunger
Let food litter my grave daily
Lest i died again

When i died,
Bequeath my pen to apes
But for them,
Bequeath my machete 
Let them died in their greed
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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August 19, 2011 at 11:00 AM
EXCELLENT!!...nicely penned Awoh!!!!!!!!
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