I TELL STORIES I tell stories to those with ears enough to - TopicsExpress

Rasaq Malik Gbolahan

I TELL STORIES I tell stories to those with ears enough to swallow the tune of thunder I tell stories of departed men in a country where bombs make memories look like mere interpretations of a stutterers statements I tell stories of hills and valleys in a deserted street where the dead forget the anthem of a dying nay-tion I tell stories with poems poems with traces of tears tears with aches of children playing with broken toys in an orphanage I tell stories of Northern Schools where images of blood fill their books as they struggle to pronounce the name of a country that dispatches her chidren to a place of no return I tell stories of brothels and harlots travellers and dreamers; sojourners and pilgrims; men and women with backs painted with scars of slavery I tell stories of lovers in the year of separation; in the year when familiar touches become strange strokes I tell stories of fallen homes of refugees in a dark camp of abducted girls yearning to see their parents I tell stories of a country called N I G E R I A --RMG

Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 07:43:58 +0000

I TELL STORIES I tell stories to those with ears enough to - TopicsExpress

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