Ogbanje (Abiku) Poem by Hamzat Oluwarotimi

'O' ye promiscous children
of the second phase
Why don't you remain loyal
to your realm?
Why patronize ours when
all you could offer is just
tears but tears alone?
Why don't you leave our mothers
to their sleepless nights
and hunger strike?
Why bring forth momentous hours
leaving behind mournful tone? .

'O' ye unreliable children
of the underworld
Why stop offspring of our kind,
inhabiting peacefully in our 'Mothers' uterus
must you interfere in our lives? .

To all 'Ogbanje' of the seven seas, rivers, oceans, hills, mountains, heaven and earth, call i
Torment us nor our mothers
no more
Visit our realm or that of others,
no more
For you presence here is not
by invitation so, by that you
are not welcome
Why not admit that no matter what, water and oil would never become one.
SPECKLES.