Tapestry
Oh! My homeland
You are a gullible!
Don’t you remember?
It was your husband
who was the assassin
and it was your brother
who was assassinated.
Your mourning is so deep
within your families!
We recall this tragedy,
year in; year out.
Don’t you remember? That is my question!
Oh! My beloved country
the cradle of mankind,
land of harmony and diversity,
we crossed rivers together!
We were woven together as cloth!
All that is now a bygone
that I question again
when I get confused.
Losing sight of the threads that held us together
I see only the unraveling
Mumbo Jumbo
Speaking mumbo jumbo
they have thrown
our essential mother
into the void.
Now seen as bare bones.
bereft of all her tears
she fights the angels of death.
They are feeding us mumbo jumbo
denying the naked truth.
They need to send an emissary
To her starving children
To feed them
And put a roof over their heads.
Talking mumbo jumbo
they are giving ears to the elephant.