Lamentation Poem by Emmanuel Damilare

have being bitten with a poisonous sting
Causing me greater pain
Making me feel unconscious
And allowing tears flow down my cheek

I have being bitten by an unseen creature
Causing people to mourn with me
Causing me to have that unusual thinking
And making me cry uncontrollable

I have being bitten with a poisonous sting
Which makes neighbours and friends
Comfort me to the highest extreme
And making them voice out 'sorry' to me.

I have being bitten by an unseen creature
Who took my loved ones forever
Putting their remnant in a forever bedstead
And taking their spirit away to the other side.

I have being bitten with a poisonous sting
Which makes a living creature
Get separated from their loved ones
All because they are now at the other side

Oh! ! I have being bitten by an unseen creature
Which I know not who you are
And still believe that you're inevitable
Cos you'll still come back for me.