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January 26, 2017
Poetry

LETTER TO DEATH BY OFEM UBI

LETTER TO DEATH BY OFEM UBI
January 26, 2017
Poetry

You come guarded like an arms man

Paying deaf ears to the reasons made by your victims

You take who you delight in

And it’s sad you’re never satisfied even when you get your fill

You’re a glutton for corpses, both great and small

You invade homes without prior invitation

And though you see the unwanted signs on door posts you yet make your way in

Sometimes through backdoors and windows of sickness, accidents and other loopholes too numerous to mention

You listen to no bargains and pleas

For your lustful eyes are fixed on your preys like a trophy

You remove the lamp stands of those we wish you never did

And it’s funny how you rejoice in our pain

For if life came in pairs we certainly would drop our yet used lifelines for you but

We watch as you take our loved ones up away in the tomb of your shoulders

As we seat drenched in tears unable to reach out for their hands stretch towards us in loud screams like elastic

You’re a warrior whose back has never kissed the lips of earth

You make us feel dark even with the lights on

As you transit our hopes to the land of oblivion

You come cloth in darkness with a grin in your face and the usual kiss on the foreheads of those you love

You crucify bright futures in stakes of envy and jealousy

So this goes to you

For when next you come grinning

We seek valid reasons


By Ofem Ubi

I am Ofem Ubi
A student of mass communication
Lover of art, good music, poetry, photography
Christian by birth and till death.
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