THE CROWNED HEAD - By Ogunyomi Israel Abidemi
Ogun* wears the crown
Of the smithy
As the Lion wears the crown
Of the forest.
Which of the deities
Will move Osin'mole?*
Of the smithy
As the Lion wears the crown
Of the forest.
Which of the deities
Will move Osin'mole?*
Who will envy the Tortoise,
Olakaye,* chesting the gourd
To the palm's neck
And the cleverer snail leave –
Unpraised, backing his own
To the palm's peak?
Olakaye,* chesting the gourd
To the palm's neck
And the cleverer snail leave –
Unpraised, backing his own
To the palm's peak?
However heavy the rain
On the skin of the soil,
It will never wipe blank
The Leopard's spotted shirt.
On the skin of the soil,
It will never wipe blank
The Leopard's spotted shirt.
NOTE: *Names of the god of metallurgy, war,
creativity and destruction in Yoruba world of reality.
© Ogunyomi Israel Abidemi
03/07/2017
1: 30 PM
03/07/2017
1: 30 PM
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