FROM HERE TO WHERE?

Plateau became our altar of sacrifice
Human spirit offered to the unknown god
We became strangers in an abode
Where we once dwelled in peace
The cry of rest in peace
We now sing like the nightingale's melody
On the lips of the gravid women
And tongues of our zealous men
Our priceless life is now a ransom
For the love of our cattles
Where shall we go from here?

The fertile lands that once flow with milk and honey
Now irrigated by the blood of our kinsmen
The capital of poverty resides in our huts
Our unborn children have no hope
But prayers to keep them safe in utero
The worth of living is now in the dip
Falling skies won't affect just a person
Now a nation has been engulfed
In a tussle of power
And death tolls is now a statistic
To compare on paper
Where shall we go from here?

Tired of this hope meal, we shall not
This land shall not bleed to death
Yet another hope to feed on
And this might be the last
As the next breath is not guaranteed
Living in the fear of life
No assurance of the future
Because there's none to feature
Peace, we long for
Life, we want to live
But where shall we go from here?

Para_klesis
June 2018