Dr Igbinedion Obaretin

The sun closed its eyes, darkness fell
Her blanket spread all over my earth.
Chill wind whistled along, crashing
Violently on the naked sea, offering
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Beneath this sky the clouds travel still
And as the night falls on this hill,
They fall with darkness together;
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Here or there,
Yesterday or today,
On the mountain or in the valley,
His strength never fails.
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Water against water, splashing
Redirecting the troubled ship
Ever sailing in polluted waters.
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The things done,
The things undone,
The conspiracy against Adam,
The unholy rape of holy volition,
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In the cold lips the unspoken truth concealed, yet
Beneath the waters a world of recycled beings, refusing
To unveil the unspoken enigma of souls;
Many worlds in one, a conglomerate of elements
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The blood stained sword unmasked, edging slowly
Out of its scabbard after years of sickening peace;
The terrifying moment of buried truths is near
Albeit unknown to busy bees in the federal capital.
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Death is not in Gaza!
Death is here.
Death is everywhere.
Death is all around me!
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You call yourself ‘The Law'
Fashioned to deliver decorum, justice
To humanity chaotic civilization.
You are so proud of your ultimate power.
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That frown horrifies your face, adding
Years of weathering to your age, cracking
The concrete walls of your medieval make-up face.
Your repulsive lips bent, twisted in ugly pace
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The arrows thrust against my shadow, the innumerable
Flights of dark wings across the sea all nights, hovering
Over my roof with itching claws, blood thirsting throats
Of greedy cannibals and vultures desiring my cool flesh,
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The weight of terror, cast
Down shadows of doubts, heart
Terribly bleeding, trebling at the feet
Of labour lost to failure.
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Another October first in the capital,
In all the jungle cities
And in the ever richly impoverished oil villages;
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The drums are talking again!
Big party for the big party man,
Like it was four years ago
When he promised a road paved with gold;
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