Starving In the Frequently Walked Paths of Samaritans
Starving In the Frequently Walked Paths of Samaritans
Is a new birth of the 60th
Birthdays in our nations' path
To her Sustainable annual growth.
Is it independence of worth.
Imperial doors slammed
Behind contemporary colonialism
The singing birds never have known
October the 9th is a new era of infinity
To be independent of humanity?
To maim ourselves in the vicinity
Rooted in the power of sovereignty.
Are we of unconcern for pain in a multiplicity
That death erects a fortress in our spirit
A peaceful variety bred in a tribal diversity
But never spoke a tongue of tribal hostility.
We loitered aimlessly, home was any spot.
We were robbed and mutilated in daylight.
Is this that we dedicate on October 9th?
For the 60 years that has not stopped.
That everyone shatters the doors into the state.
What importance is October the 9th?
To us, that for 60 years do not own social security?
To we that walk our bodies, I bathed for months!
To us, that footed from Luweero hungry and barefoot to now without subsidy!
Who are we sub-denizens that are dubbed citizens?
Starving in the frequently walked paths of the Samaritans of this day!
Mordecai Eyobu
About this poem
The poem is written about Uganda's 60th independence on the 9th of October 1962. The poet ridicules the foils that have kept constant for the past 60 years and we're borrowed from the imperial British protectorate government.
Written on October 09, 2022
Submitted by mordeyob889 on October 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | A BXXX XXXC CCCCX CCXX BXXBCXC AX |
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,181 |
Words | 234 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 5, 4, 7, 2 |
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