Poetry from David Kokoette

REBEL – THE POEM 

I have become the wretched of the earth 

Like frantz fanon, I am persecuted

A subject of intentional discrimination 

Judged by humans through the lenses of my creator 

I hide in between the bushes 

I seek asylum from Heaven 

But no one answers 

The sky watches, the earth witnesses 

How do I advance?

I see yet i am blind 

My intuition and wisdom is the strength 

The wind and the morning breeze scares me

Water becomes like Poison 

Food becomes like venomous 

My life is one big battle 

I have become a stepping stone 

I have become a test subject for hatred

I have become like a lab rat 

Like Hitler did Jews 

The earth kills me……….

THEY HAVE ENTERED OBA’S PALACE 

The revolution happened late at night 

The monarch laid in sleep

The unskilled gained access to the factories 

A great cry was heard as the place doors were broken 

A thief from the street has mobilized its kind 

The silk from India has become common 

Like Mensa Musa’s accumulated wealth 

The value of gold has dropped 

Easy…. it comes

The unskilled has besieged the gateway of luxury 

Everyone has a shot at the throne 

Unskilled and an opportunist 

The palace has been desecrated 

Centuries of legacy has been soiled 

The peek hole has become a full view 

The guard screams……

They have entered the Oba’s palace 

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