Sunday, 11 September 2011

TEARS OF RAGE

Life in the eyes, the heart and the mind of a Poet.


TEARS OF RAGE

The sun sets at noon
Darkness drops again
Nightmares grow to the fore
The sky, unable to hold further
Sheds tears of rage
The sea, blue as the sky
And filled with the tears of rage
Vomit its excess to the coast

The sun sets at noon
Darkness drops its weight
Depressing the earth to its bowel
The crust, unable to hold further
Breaks a sigh of relief
The mantle, hot as it is
And filled with the tears of rage
Heave its excess through to the air

The sun sets at noon
Darkness drops again
Plants wilt and rot away
The desert, in its vicious dismay
Dries up tears of rage
The lake, conscious of the dead streams
And without tears of rage
Retains its waters within its rim
                
The sun sets at noon
Darkness drops its weight
Coldness expands its freezing zone
The beasts, hungry as they are
Shed tears of rage
The earth, receiving its due
And stirred by the tears of rage
Discharge its onslaught on self

The sun sets at noon
Darkness drops again
The climes become more humid
Whirlwind, in its flagrant fury
Discharge tears of rage
Tearing up thickets and deforming nature
The earth, in its convulsions quakes
Leaving the human culture in ruins

The sun sets at noon
Darkness drops its weight
Owls and bats fly out of hell
Ostriches, unable to hold further
Bury heads in tears of rage
Joy flees to the caves of sorrow
But the terrors are no terrors at all
To the doves that commit no evil



Tears of rage: Did it rain?

Tears of rage: Sea on land!

2 comments:

Saya Garapan said...

This is very moving, Godwin.

Godwin Ekpe said...

So the tears are shed out of deep emotion. Grateful for your appreciation.