Mother Earth Poem by John Chizoba Vincent

mother earth,
When would you stop feasting on our bodies
Stop your children and relatives
From killing our children and relations.
Our heart bleed thousand times in horror
At the lost of our brothers and sisters
But, there you are happy and joyful.

Your body fresh and beautiful
Our relations bodies made it so.
Is death your brother or nephew?
Is sickness your sister in law?
They all work hand in hand with you
Causing mayham to human kind.

Ashes to ashes
Dust to dust
Soul to soul An eye for an eye
Life for life.
You give and take from us
I understand, but spare us a little
With few minutes discussion
With your brother, death
Perhaps we may cease to toll and mine on you
Or maybe we dance the atilogwu
To appease your spirit for peace
So that you eat no more.

feed once annually
twice biannually
Each morning and night
We commit our people in tears to you
When will you stop the unfinished festival beyond
May your speck of sunshine decrease.
Your people betrayed our emotions
Torn apart by two feelings
Yet we learn not from the past voice
Dust to dust we all must go.