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Owls Don't Cry In Vain by lyricalpontiff(m): 8:21am On Jan 09, 2015 |
I live close to the village square But last night, I had a nightmare I woke to the chirp of the cricket and fireflies But the owls cried out their eyes On top of a withered iroko tree All night the eyes of the moon were sleep free I’ve been bothered not by the owls tears But my people all have rock for ears The cry of the owls didn’t disturb their snore But I kept vigil sitting by my door This morning, I see gyrating vultures under the rain They know owls don’t cry in vain The rain got tired but the morning still slow No wonder, vultures know what the owls know Now I’m numbering littered corpses Killers conducting autopsies I see refugees with loads on trucks and wheelbarrows I still see those with spears and poisoned arrows Before these children became orphans and wives widows Last night I knocked on all doors and windows The stars and moon will bear witness Of how you drank sleep and licked its sweetness You should have heard the wailing owls Their tears can fill up bowls Now the black smoke in the air spells war I wonder what those bulbous eyes of the owls saw We chose canon over reason Amnesty over prison No light, we prefer darkness No sanity just madness Tyranny over freedom For a plate of porridge, we sold our wisdom Where are the voices that preached free and fair Now “by any means my brother must remain there” We trade conscience for stomach infrastructure And now we question the dance of the vultures Vultures smile when owls cry But you and I call it a small fry 1 Like 1 Share
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Re: Owls Don't Cry In Vain by merit12(f): 10:47am On Jan 09, 2015 |
God This is so deep I think it about govt Take this poem to poem review if you want to a comment and have it. Checked Btw what's d meaning of. Your poem? 1 Like |
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