Blog about Art, Poetry and Prose

Blog about Art, Poetry and Prose

Sunday, July 10, 2016

PORTRAIT OF AGONY


In the face of agony
Care is unseen but sin
Last night in the road through melancholy
I saw a mother make rain, the waters of her eyes
In circles of waves, hate replicated 

Drifting love afar, next to obscurity
Lust and selfishness paved
The world ignores a child's innocence
Blood seizes to be bond

A rift in between
Like a gap tooth
Unity is just a fallacy
Hearts are eaten in lies and deceit

Poisoned to war with canal promises
Where lies the conscience?
Yet each day we blow the trumpet of change
How can man live in gain if his heart is condemned?

It's time we start asking the right questions
If the world is meant to be destroyed and deserted
Why did God create the universe?

It cost nothing to do what's right
All it takes is but a little sacrifice
Love one another, to a brother, lend a hand
To wade off agony from the earth surface

All Rights Reserved © Akan E. Udofia 2016
Edited by Awa Chigozie Jerome

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