Al- Saheed Poem by Adeosun Olamide

Al- Saheed!
Hearken! My voice
Hear my words
Words your mother
In voice a buzz
Al- Saheed
Hear-
In your demon form
Under moon- that bulb be
And grasses- your bed
Hear Al- Saheed
The words I say-
Above contending snores

Al- Saheed
You forget
What our lives worth
That ours don’t count a coin
Deserving your bullet, your effort-?

Al- Saheed
You forget
This business you venture
This trend you seek
That all is filled
And no space your ilk?

Al- Saheed
How- that calf is smart when compare
Folly your being- much is
That not little valor your vein could rear-
Al-
How dost my blood such cowardice
That choose not be- now maim?

But Al- Saheed
How think so- their death shall bring more
And help reach height your heroes?
How lose-that death theirs only can make
A moment famous-
And too lost- Al- Saheed- this business- much shall lose
That more to come- the twinge you sense?
For ye are fools- bullet don’t makers have
And fools yet- can’t see- made in Security Council
Al- Saheed
To the service ye nation- I lured
But for government- that frown- ye path
For bolt mere- a coverer shame theirs- your fete
Aw- Shame Al- Saheed! This deep- you sink.