Tiema Muindi
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Poem "Song Of Death":
- published March 28, 2009
- viewed 43 times
Other poems by Tiema Muindi:
»Beyond The Eyes«
»Dance of my Soul«
»Family Honour«
»I Spoke To Her«
»If only they knew«
»Lifetime Dream«
»Memories Of Yesterday«
»My Song Your Dance«
»My Story«
»No Man Cry«
»Political Menus«
»Shadow of the night«
»Shattered Hopes & Dreams«
»Song Of Man«
»The Journey of Life«
»The Last Journey«
»The Married Bride«
»The River Between«
»The Waiting Game«
»Tribute For Amina Ramadhani«
»When it's over, let me know«
»Wise Counsel«
»Yesterday's Day's Life«
Visit Tiema Muindi's profile page
Poem "Song Of Death":
- published March 28, 2009
- viewed 43 times
Other poems by Tiema Muindi:
»Beyond The Eyes«»Dance of my Soul«»Family Honour«»I Spoke To Her«»If only they knew«»Lifetime Dream«»Memories Of Yesterday«»My Song Your Dance«»My Story«»No Man Cry«»Political Menus«»Shadow of the night«»Shattered Hopes & Dreams«»Song Of Man«»The Journey of Life«»The Last Journey«»The Married Bride«»The River Between«»The Waiting Game«»Tribute For Amina Ramadhani«»When it's over, let me know«»Wise Counsel«»Yesterday's Day's Life«»Song Of Death«
by Tiema Muindi
Men have fought battles at night
Others have dug trenches to hide
Women and children ran to the hills
For each one of them a way to be a live
To each one from you the reason to die .
Two rivers away came the screams
One more is gone,
many other to follow
It was not a dream,
that one we know
You had visited the village
To claim another life .
You have no shadow that we could track
You have no relatives that we could tell
If you had eyes
Sufferings of the orphans
Would move you to tears
Cries of the widows
Would push you to a stop
The village witch would curse you to life
That we may see
What like is your nature.
Others have dug trenches to hide
Women and children ran to the hills
For each one of them a way to be a live
To each one from you the reason to die .
Two rivers away came the screams
One more is gone,
many other to follow
It was not a dream,
that one we know
You had visited the village
To claim another life .
You have no shadow that we could track
You have no relatives that we could tell
If you had eyes
Sufferings of the orphans
Would move you to tears
Cries of the widows
Would push you to a stop
The village witch would curse you to life
That we may see
What like is your nature.
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