Reclaim Without Wrestling for Soft-Built, Studied Diokpalas (Not Strong-Built, But Strong-Willed) chapter 4 - Echoes Of An Amazing Amazon Odnnnn Poem by Tony Cemaluk

Do not wrestle in the square,
That is how Diokpala loses.
The market loves noise,
Ancestors love record.

Hold meeting, not malice.
Hold document, not drama.
Lead like a father,
Not like a landlord.

You do not control the daughter married out,
You guard the compound that births her.
You do not fight umunna with shout,
You outlive them with structure.

The throne is not inherited,
Responsibility is.

In this modern Igbo,
The softest Diokpala wins
If he writes -
Because paper does not forget
What gang-ups choose to forget.

CEMALUK | From Chapter 4 - Duties Of Modern Diokpala
Tony Cemaluk Egbuonu | ODNNNN 2026
Poet's Note: Soft-Built = not wrestler-built. Studied = strategic, documented, brain-built. The Diokpala who preserves compound since age 16 with mind, not muscle.