Mkpa Poem by Emmanuel Joseph Olumakiss

Mkpa whose name I buried in tongue
Keeping a late night at the Ukwa tree
together with the night owl
Waiting to pluck your emotions once it's fully ripe
I've always worship you in words
Each time am starved of love
Under this canopy of Uto-uwa i was hatched
When smoked in sambisa surveillance
In friendship our spirit crawl
Until our tears breed laughter
In your heart I once found shelter
migrant was my feelings for love
When I was told its over
Scavenging for a sane saint
Littered in thought
unknowingly agony i newly wed
Ever since my joy was expelled
I've known grief
Be real if indeed you're the
one withholding my lone joy
Why bring miseries my abode?
I've made no difference since I found a new life
Holiness i've kept in my fathers house
Carrying your case to the cross
Here we once died in penury
Before the final passover
Your heart I once lived on earth
When we are angels among men
Mkpa its your opinion I seek before dawn!
Make it known to the men of our tribe
My position in this hut
Before intimidation chase me to other foreign gods
Oh my bravely is gone!
Like a sky scrapper my emotion i built to the level
of unbreakable
Thinking it will stand still
Though trials refuse it sees a new day
Weigh my trust
Today it is far gone
Scale my faith its down mod
Mkpa my beginning was you
When I was seeking for a breakthrough
But in ending am broken in two
Falling out of love
Among the remaining faithfuls.