The Bearded Hawk Poem by Asaolu Abayomi

Part 1

The eyes are sharp
Can see the future and danger
She knows when to strike
She knows when not to
How daring she is
Laying her eggs on the great Oluwere
Forgetting how jealous she can be
The drums beaten untapped
The mysterious Bat was behind her
Dancing nakedly in the open

Oluwere would not allow nonsense
She flapped her branches heavily
The hawk's eggs ready to hatch
But Oluwere broke them into pieces
The Hawk was mad
The Bat screamed mysteriously
The Eagle laughed at the central
She had just betrayed her brother for Oluwere's sake
The Hawk returned to her monogamy
The Eagle too inherited Oluwere

Three seasons are gone
Oluwere's time to go is near
Long was his reign
Eight seasons of love and hatred
Seasons of good and bad
Seasons to laugh and cry the same
In all, Oluwere shielded the little chicks
Especially the ones from the north
TheBearded Hawk sent spies
She knew it was time to strike
The forest would not take her
She must do something

Part 2

The Hawk arrived like a dove
Masked in a dove
Broke his mysterious friend's back
The Bat was incapacitated
The pigmy and her group
They conspired against the region's leader
The Bat bowed his head
Starring at the birds' character
Oluwere too compromised
Allowed the hawk sit on her

Setting out dangerously
The Hawk came for the chicks
First from the North
The south were not left out
Inflicting more pain on them
They sought self defence
The Hawk went wilder
Employing the nine Napoleon dogs
Bruising the little chicks
The dove they chose
The Hawk they found
Her Falcon is her strength
Defending her like a parrot

We only asked for life
Like your children
We only asked for a future
Our blood has filled your land
Our parents are crying
Your claws are hunting us
Piercing out our livers
Your dogs are not just barking
They are biting us
We have become helpless
Dead in your failed promises