Newton Grief Mi Feel Eh Tu Poem by Karen Lee

Newton Grief Mi Feel Eh Tu



The pickney dem dead
Owe! To the mudda dem
Mi bawl!
Tie mi belly
Wid mi hand pon mi head

Weepin
Mourning
So many dead
A who kill pickney
A mussi mad sumady dem

The world at it's end
Imagine! So many dead
Mi bawl fi mercy
Mercy fi all a dem

A coulda fi mi pickney dem
Weh mi woulda do if a did fi mi
Mi wudda want you fi share mi pain
And pray fi mi in a mi grief and despair

Solace!
Solace!
Solace!
To all a yu! !

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Karen Lee 20 September 2013

Pickney is patois, meaning children or a child. Not a lame word my friend simply different dialect from yours :)

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