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Onicha

 

AKUNNE

Glastonbury, CT

 

ajiday@aol.com

 

Friday, July 13, 2007

I can see you

Onicha

Rise

Above the waters

Of the Niger

And the bridge

I can see

Your Majesty

Emerge

Reach for the skies

And the seas

 

I can see you

Onicha

Extend

Your bejeweled hands

To

The neighbors

Oka

Asaba

Nnewi and Ihiala

In order

 

From the tombs

Where the missionaries

Lay

To the market place

Where others trade

I can see you

Now

In all

Your splendor

Lord to many

A home

To all the world

 

I can see

Your stars

Twinkle

Across the land

Beyond the Nile

I can see you

Onicha

Rise

To your glory

In time

 

Birds fall

From the skies

Unto the land

And away again

They disappear

And reappear

Men

And women

March to the beats

Of your regal drums

Awe and wonder

Behold your world.

 

Onicha!

 

 

 

ŠAkunne, Friday, July 12, 2007

Glastonbury, CT

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