They have arrived again my friend!
To be with us again
To claim bond of relations with the deceased
As if they were blood bond relatives with the fallen blood
...
Oh! father of the fathers
Seasons have come and gone
Without your foot mark
On our soil.
...
Iam going my friend
And am going without you
I mean you!
Don't dance my body any more
...
Iam dan onzia a teacher of english language and literature in english at secondary school level and as a teacher i taught in both my country uganda north sudan(Abyei the oil rich war zone area) .Am single but not searching.)
African Funeral
They have arrived again my friend!
To be with us again
To claim bond of relations with the deceased
As if they were blood bond relatives with the fallen blood
You see, with their crocodile faces and tears they landed
Pretending to be generous.
With their uncircumcised heart and coordinated prayers
They smell what the fallen brother has left.
Look at their leaking mouth
For the visit of death erects their ears.
This poem tells how people go for burial or funeral with their different motives and interests especially in Africa.