An Eye For An Eye Poem by Yiro Abari High

An Eye For An Eye



Deep within the Caribbean wood
Before the world, he stood
He stood, he sang
Words that cut
With a voice that fought

Coloring art with strife
The stage, he kept alive
Breathing soul to his art
The world, he touched to its heart
His inventions were reincarnations

A voice so loud
Rocking the north
Reverberating in the south
With fame
He chased away shame

Late one evening
Leppo went to Westmorland
Bang! Bang! Bang!
He turned it to a vile bay
Playing an evil play

Finally, and pointblank
On a thick mass of locks
There was a bloody drill
From temple to temple
It was the painful end

An eye for an eye

Friday, July 10, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: deaths
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
I was reading about how one of my most loved music icon, Peter Tosh was murdered. I asked myself why Dennis Loban, his killer, would have his death sentence commuted to life in prison.
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Yiro Abari High

Yiro Abari High

Jos, Nigeria
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