Thursday 26 September 2013

Wonder Children




We grew on orphaned kenkey
And physically impaired kalami
But the dawn 
Never died in our dreams
Once we were the hunted turtle
Whose every cell made our predator
The master of our clan-
Maiming souls
Crippling spirits
Quenching hopes
Shuttering lives,
Long ago
We were the mineral rocks
Broken to extract the wealth
And dumped on the offshore,
We dwelt among pigs
Dinned with birds
Slept with mosquitoes
So long ago
We were the last desires
Of a world growing
On blood and flesh
On bones and marrows
On tears and chains
But dawn came
Restored the smiles hidden
Under the scar of yesterday
So they now see us
The Wonder-children

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