Forgive Me Father Poem by Gabriel Owino Jr.

Forgive me father, i have sinned
My deeds have tainted the name of our clan
The elders have found out and soon will the chief
Forgive me father, forgive me please

I have stolen Awiti's attention
Yes, the village queen, chief's jewel
I have robbed her of her self will
Now she would do anything for me

The sun saw it all
Busy i was ploughing uncle Otii's land
When she interrupted my morning
Believe me father, believe me please

Father forgive me
I was not strong enough to fight it
Her mad beauty, oh, it made me weak
Oh father, you know what i mean

Her eyes, oh, they killed my nerves
Oh, you should have seen father
Awiti and her curves father, how do i say it
The praise songs were right

Father, she whispered some words to me
No, Father i can't say
Every word hit me hard
Father i could feel them beat my heart

She came fast, like the lang'o spears
And pierced through my defences
Oh father, Awiti provoked me
I just had to attack, father understand

She turned my senses against me father
I could smell the burning emotion in her
the fumes from her plush lips
Father, oh, i had to cool her down

I humbled her with my touch
I ploughed her beautiful land father
I fear that some seeds i sowed
I fear that they may grow

But father they saw
All of it, the elders saw
Oh, and that's not all
Awiti wants me to plough more

Father I'm sorry, believe me father
Let the sun tell it all
Your son was provoked father
You taught me to always fight back father

Awiti, the village queen father
She wants to be a slave father
She wants to serve only me
Your peasant son father

Father your son is a sinner
For serving needy Awiti, the chief's jewel
I am dead father, history
For robbing the great chief, poor me

Oh, there they come
Father help me please
Tell them to ask the sun
Its the only one who believes me

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