Victoria Falls Verified Poem by Moses Kainwo

I came I saw and was stoutly conquered
By a wounded river in its middle
That brutally awoke from the dead
Hearts beaten into rock and tough riddle

I came there when the rain killed cameras
And sentenced cheap mobile phones to silence
With human voices harassed and embarrassed
By the vexed spirit of Victoria Falls

Even the rainbow was cowered and bent
In apologies to Ma Zambezi
Who fumed dews of blessings on its bent back
In downloads and uploads without a fee

I was puzzled by sudden presences
Of nations jumping out of anxious beds
To watch the rainbow drink water like fishes
From a larva-spitting middle river

Such that early that morning I joined them
As candidate and witness to miracles
Where the river shouted in agreement
To heaven and earth breaking sheer shackles

Oh Zambezi your own action secrets
Remain unknown even to your parents
And sharing this drama with kola nut teeth
Might shake late conversion into cowards

And you oh Livingstone shall be labelled
Among the famous among th’infamous
Among the toddlers among the aged
To frustrate moralists no end with a purse

I begged heaven to grant a parachute
That I might fly beyond the roused rainbow
To catch up with hope that clings to the future
But opens a warm embrace for a new pal