For The Motherland Poem by Ibrahim Sambo

Tears
Ooze from the rocks of my eyes
Dropping
Throbbing
In oodles of blood
Streaming
Screeching
Simmering in oceans and streams


I weep for my nativity
I weep for the motherland
I weep for the black blood
That flows in my veins


Oh ….Mama
My darling
Poor soul!


Remember
How rash you were raped
Gouged!
By the reapers from Downing Street



Oh….now
See how incestuous
You are raped
Gouged!
By Sons from your loins


For centuries
With the mouth of gourd
Skies dropp oceans and seas
On your land
Yet your throat remains arid
and your gory tears, unwashed




Oh….Mama
I gasp
I weep
I pray
I cry
For you!