Befuddled



BEFUDDLED

I went home yesterday
And heard trees whistling
Which made leaves clutching
unto their dear Mothers, afraid, helpless and
almost drowned themselves into
the ground, in order not to be sent
To the land of their forefathers

I went to the ocean today
Its tide was pleading, pleading
With me with puppy eyes not to
Take its children away
"Do not cut off my lineage please... "

So I looked up to the sky
And was surprised, it was crying like
a little child deprived of food
Wailing, calling on me to help
talk to these monsters in sheep
clothing, so they relieve it of
the poisonous fangs attacking its
Family

But when I look back at my
Homeland, I saw all and sundry
Fighting for liquor, killing and robbing
for it like scavengers on the battlefield
When in reality, they are welcoming
with open arms, slayers that will
wipe them out tomorrow

So tell me
Where do I start from?

About this poem

It is about nature

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Written on December 29, 2022

Submitted by deejahragada495 on December 29, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBXCXX ABCAX DXXXXXXE DEBXBXX EX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 898
Words 178
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 7, 5, 8, 7, 2

Khadijah Umar Ragada

Khadijah Umar Ragada is a 20 year old Nigerian writer, poet and budding spoken words artist. Her major hobbies are reading and writting and her writing journey, poetry to be precise in 2021. She has written over a hundred poems some of which have appeared in anthologies. She is a final year student of Biology-Chemistry at Niger state college of education Minna. Some of her works are accessible at her Facebook handle; Khadeejah Umar Ragada. more…

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