(War Against Corona Roar)

There is this journey
We all must endeavour to embark on;
A journey to save ourselves,
A journey to save our land,
A journey to rescue the earth.

This journey,
As wide as the breadth of the wild
Woven with fibres
Of treachery & of flabbergast…

This journey,
A walking lake of roaring flame
Spitting fires at us
And seeking to devour us all…

This journey,
A metaphor of the wilderness—
Little strength,
Yet so much expected to be yielded with…

Yet, we must
Not find an excuse to be slaves to death:

We must rise above
The kibows of Kilimanjaro & till this night is bright,
We must find light
In the night to clear this monstrous cove!

There is this journey
We all must endeavour to embark on…

[At last] do not
Hang in there & watch our spirit of Ubuntu
Run out of breath
And wane and wane and wane…

There is this journey
We all must endeavour to [em]bark on
For this death staring at us
Must see us & never stretch its icy arms upon this land

Fellow Countrymen,
Be [you] moved by the sorrows of the Past
To save the Present
& haste to rescue the future

It is time!
Drop the banners of faith, tribe, race & politics;
Lift up the flag
Of this Motherland & onward [to victory], let’s the march

[Song: Woya ee, Woyawoya 2x]

This coronarised night
Must not long live!
This Covid-19
Must wade and wane and wane…soon

Wash your hands with soap under running water
Ensure Social Distance
Apply the Sanitizer
No hugging, no shaking, no dying…

[Song: Woya ee, Woyawoya!]

0swald Okaitei © 2020

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