Shoulder Me Poem by Maureen Onyinye Kenneth

Turn down the volume of your radio
Love speaks no language
Hit me with the music of trust
Then I will dance to the tune of
'we are one '


I don't know WA, ZO, BIA
But I know 'to serve our fathers land
With love and strength and faith '
Please sir!
I work for you and not my tribe


Mirror! Mirror on the wall!
I'm in love with the prettiest girl
Who wears a diamond ring
Here I am facing her soldier father
Who points a gun at me


Please don't shut me sir!
I don't understand what you speak
But what I have for your daughter
Has no language

I pray you give me
Your blessings
And show me your mercy
For I really care for the one I fancy


Please don't make me
fall dizzy
I'm already going crazy
For her one true beauty


Come on darling!
We are good to Go
All we need is to be compatible
And make understanding our breakfast
Then we will have peace for dinner


Listen to me and not my language
What I have for you is
L.O.V.E
Tribalism can't kill this
Please! Can we have this last dance in the rain?