Where Blood Is Not Enough
Where blood is not enough
Blood flows, flows, flows
Competing with Nile waters
Blood Threatens to overwhelm
Tigris and Euphrates
To make Red Sea, redder
But the head goes crazy, crazy
Where blood is not enough
The people cry, cry, cry
Yet the ears are deaf
Eyes stubbornly blind
Tears mere drops of dew
Power, power, power
Raises her arm of ferocity
And drives them on, on
Where blood is not enough
Those whose mothers
Bore them on knees
Mourn, mourn and mourn
And scatter dust and rubbish
To the miserable winds
Of the gloomy setting sun
Children cry, cry and cry
To their helpless mothers
Where blood is not enough
The vultures sing “alleluia”
And perch near abattoirs
Desert foxes convene workshops
Praising their creator
For the wonderland
Of unending feasts
And unstoppable tears
Where blood is not enough
Palms bow in honor of the mighty
Valleys open their mouths
Chanting “welcome, welcome
To this chamber of no returning”
Coffin -makers prepare for business
As they listen to prophet Owls
Bringing desirable messages
Of doom and sorrows for high sales
Each forgotten night
Where blood is not enough
Fragile and invisible beings
Creep, creep on their bellies
Whispering and smiling
Hugging one another in joy
Their mandibles ragging
With burning appetite
Like wild fire in the savanna
Where blood is not enough
Children of the shining armor
Crawl, crawl, and crawl
In a parade one by one
To salute and honor
Those whose mothers
Bore them while standing
In the wonderland of sorrow
Where blood is not enough
Copyright © Solomon Ochwo-Oburu | Year Posted 2016
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