Bring My Heart Close To You Poem by muhammed abayomi

When the beat of trees sonorous
When its wave takes me to its ground
When the birds no longer see my head
When parrot only sing about me
If kowe (bird of death) whisper to the earth
Ajoke,
bring my heart close to you
If they keep telling u im gone forever
, if the sweet soil of my father land demands my
skin
If the bullets of death kiss my heart
and my sword hits the ground of no return
Ajoke,
bring my heart close to you
If the only audible voice you can hear is farewell
and flies prey on my red water cell
If the land claims my body
and the noise of cry rent the whole town
Ajoke,
bring my heart close to you
If my boots sing of conquest
and the chorus of my march tremble the ground
If my shadow comes with spoils of war
and the village's drummers assemble on the road
Ajoke,
bring my heart close to you.