Solemn Night Poem by Ifeoluwa Philips

Silent night
Fades away light
Little breeze wave
And greens keep dance
Silent night Broke
Like fallen of Calabash
Stagnant of movement
To all like a fallen angel
That withal his wings
On a wave by wind
Why are you silent
Ye singing birds
Why are your lips closed
O ye talking worms
Why are the songs sang in solemn
What cut the beak of a singing cock
Who cut the players strings
Why the night came solemnly
Why tears stand in place of strings
Who bite us at the back with sting
Solemn night
Concerting tears
Orchestrating sorrow to rampant
The tongues are cut
Where are the vultures love
Where are the parrots kind
What mouth will laugh
What mouth will cry
This night is odd of light
Darkness wrapped our young heart
And thick darkness veiled our old
Oh solemn night
Blood on land
Splash on sky
And darkened the heart
Song of our young is still solemn night