Why
Why didn't she cry
why didn’t she make that noise just like the others
why! Why!!
Sobbed to the cadence of moo
Howl! Howl!! Never came
may be thy eyes could be tired
maybe thy feet would still be lifted high
maybe
little ones never sleep on arrival
the dawn never duck
heated in black and brown
the windy cold seize her stay
lift! thy hand off thy shoulder
old tales are for the marine
why
the calabash ought dripped along with the
waters
the day had gone while the sun remains
we're of flesh
refusing to becoming one part
just a beam, never saw, miles from been a conqueror
the turtle left without the shell
essence of life watery down the hills.
Copyright © Igbalajobi Olasunkanmi | Year Posted 2005
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