SNIVELING SCARS

SNIVELING SCARS

Red riv’ from my face flow

‘Ncision droplets to show

When daggers my skin slain.

The whites titles tattoos

Smiling through pains of blades

Its beauty, beauty their choice

But not any of mine!

The rites cult’s right, not mine

Observance of culture,

Tradition, of customs

Perhaps painless, yet pains

Superfluous sculptures

My perfect face deface!

Adorning scepter, pride

Of south to west, of blacks

Of fatherland my pride!

Should your beauty bangs bring…

My heritage, a scar be?

I, pink from purit’ squeal!

Helpless, to abuse yield

green orange… bumpless street!

Three legs over me spread

Two, like hunter’s catch, hanged

As sweet, my sour savors!

Breaking in… breaking me

Dagger through my pride drive

Childhood in flash erode’!

My fears… and then… my tears…

‘Bove mixed in red below

Like sharp cream to champagne

His path to next does flow!

Council must help, all pray!

Sour now create, they say!

Gulped in our faith, our way

Mothered, mother now made!

Perhaps painful.. yes, pain'

Should your beauty bangs bring…

My heritage, cult’ pride?

The strong, the all week weak

Reddish and the pinky

Shouldn’t all be candy?

B’ing cheeringly cherry …

Fam’ly, Fanta no stick!

Million meals and more

ONLY for the red with...

Political bullets,

Another, Illegal

Pretty unkind as steel

Bitter mix on all buds!

In politics, killing’…

For power, the greeds and more

Illegal, fair square with…

Kidnaps, robberies thriving!

The snow in apartheid may,

‘Gainst hamattan has been

Should blacks too’n apartheid

Against himself arise?

And oceans of their red flow,

Atlantic, at land, thick!

As oceans of more me,

Through oceans to white flee!

Fine-looking fatherland,

I heard your green flourished

Your white, field filled with peace.

Should your beauty bangs bring…

My heritage, fath’land?

Olomifunfun … the god of white,

Peace to our land!

Olomipupa … the god of red,

Apartheid, killings kill!

Olomi-ewa … the god of pink,

Love beautifies the battered face of the earth!

Olomi-ewe … the god of green,

Our lands to Everest grow!

Olomidudu… the god of black

Hatred, love turns; pray sow!

Then shall my scar beam bright

My heritage, green birth!

Olufunke Oshinoiki-Oyadina, 2021.