Cry From The East Poem by Temitope Adebowale

Cry From The East



The ugly vultures are here
Bearing our souls to you
Making our parents cry
Our mothers shouting "wayo Allah"
Children becoming siblingless

The harvests come too soon
And will last forever

Darkness engulf us
With us at his mercy
Semi-automatic guns, whetted knives
Serve as the vehicles to Elysium or otherwise

We wonder if the sun will ever shine over us again
Even though we are at the east

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Dedicated to the people affected by the Boko Haram insurgency, majorly in North eastern Nigeria.
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