Solitary Confinement Poem by Benjuzzy Okpuzor

Solitary Confinement

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I have lingered long in doubt,
And in darkness, Whispering to
The walls caged around me in
Chain,

For the cockcrow to a detestable
Plague frown Upon by nature, and
Humanity,
Dark days with no red dawn,

Oh brethren and bereaved;
This were the voice of the
Victims crying Beneath their
Agony,

We who are dying in our sleep,
And waking to start from
Where we were,

I have seen the dew, and
The death of dawn,
I have seen days, and ages

Turned to the dark Days of
The dinosaur's, i have seen
A new born,

Been born under a new dawn,
Ashes raining from a man made
Plague to Devour humanity,

And enrich the pockets of the
Damned,
Economic Buccaneers who came
From the Moon to curse our culture,

Science with their storms
To becloud our eyes,
And steal our riches,

I know them they who came with
Their bible,
They taught us how to pray with
Our eyes Closed,

That their God's will guard
Our treasures
And offerings, but when we
Open them, they Had

The guns, and we the Bible,
They sound the Silence and gone
With all we had,
We had the words but Dare to tell,

We held the Bible in tears,
Hoping for a
Saviour, while they gather in
Their cocktail Circuits,

And clink glasses, and toast to
Our eternal ignorance;
This were the voice of the
Voiceless who have

Wondered in the wilderness
Of destitution, they who strives to
Sail in the river of Hosterstility,
And austerity;

Look into the streets, see the
Flames, and feel The fury,
And by the road side was another spiled
Blood Of an innocent victims with

Voice of vengeance crying to the maker;
To your tents oh Israel they say;
While the civil,
And evil leaders are smiling

Home with our sacrificial rams,
And lamps to Their shrine, as
Our future lies in the hands
Of the patient vultures;

Who will rescue us from their paws,
And claws Of damnation;
Oh Aaron please hold yourrod,

Let Moses part the sea,
For the pharaophs wouldn't
Free us from this plantaintion plague;

And like the horros of job,
May our Lamentations be paid
with a price of a paradise,

This were the void voices
Who survived the Chaos, and
Carnage of a distorted Government.

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
a poem writen during the pandemic of Corona virus
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Mahtab Bangalee 08 May 2020

your writing is really life like, a lot of reality in your solitude cultivating words which are world appealing...they, the imperialist taught us the holy Scriptures and advised to hold it but technically we forget to raise the voice of surviving rights...

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Benjuzzy Okpuzor 26 December 2022

Thanks so much man👍❣️💪❣️💪❣️💪❣️👍

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Chinedu Dike 08 May 2020

Really an insightful rendition written in persuasive expressions with conviction. A work of a sober mind. Thanks for sharing, Benjuzzy.

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Dominic Windram 08 May 2020

Epic poem about the inquities of imperialism, among other current crises. It'a 10 from me Benjuzzy! I hope you are keeping well. Stay safe!

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