LINES AND VERSES

An old and tired man says; say what you will and the world will remain the same – I met it so and I guess I will leave it so. A look at the sky, another at the earth – bear witness, if you will! A world molded by deed of words will indeed be transformed by words. A ghetto child not fed by his dream, a desolate woman starving mouths to feed; a young girl sells dignity for food – soul buried in needs. Wars fought by peaceful men urged and used by deceitful men, nations built on corpses and blood –    truth pushed beyond our reach. Hushed voices speak within. Eyes quick turned to the left. Voices silenced by greed – bedraggle consciences rule our lives. The truth beckons, what will you become? Will you let no one choice your path? Speak and wrench the earth from waste. Speak woman, speak child; speak on your way to the grave and leave nothing left unsaid. © Jude ifeme

When they came They sowed the upper seed They sowed the lower seed They reared malevolence They awoke discontent And left strife in the air Then brothers brought down their own Then vultures met their gluttonous crave Then dogs picked the bones, souls without grave And the land manued on innocent blood The survived farm the fallowed land The victor rule on the shoulder of the vanquished The land echoe the pain of the slaughtered But they that came left, or did they? Ah, no they left a long leash to the neck of the victor When they pull Again it's like when they came The victor will roar his glee And the vanquished will remember his defeat ©Jude Ifeme