SEEDS OF SILENCE - BY ADURAGBEMI BARNABAS


On staircase of stagnant flow                                            Ploughed pill           
cadence crumbles unnoticeably                       of fortune will hits cracked overture          
sulfurous laughter tensed moves                     beautiful basket frustrates our rain
days of dozens birthed famines of                    lovers of hope crept beggars of dew
              thirsty arrows.                                    dusky palms rent attire of consolation.

                Dutiful sower                                     On virgin soil of colourful reliance  
rolled haughty hills of timeless count               blameless blood waterlogged fields
drank sweat of breeze in faceless cup              burnt bones eroded trail of bombing
sun rises and sets on bent backbones               bucolic scenery perished in burning
twilight of a great agility on weak string.                               speechless seed.

Eve clings                                                        distributions into a liberated images and skyscraping accomplishment.
shades of torment                                                                            with the filthy emblem of deepened root of uneven
for cook and distributors of                                                                   and weakened strength of sprouting branches
silence along longitude and latitude                                                                   stigma of rotten trees of yellow leaves
of green white green in black nation of heavy                                                                   that whittle down perforated
force that swings consciousness on photocopy ladder                                                                    at innovative minds
of shaky timbers infected by representative termites of saintly look.                                                   Morning smiles

                                                                                 Optimistic serration
can retract missing seedlings from sun
run away sower should locate map of source
for this new seed will germinate to altitudes
medicine                                               joy embraced.
           for poverty                             will our
                   will on this             and this
                                      tree springs
  

                           WORLD BARNABAS.

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