AGHAMA - poem

               (QUEEN IDEN)

When the rains refused to go away

And the sun in desperation looked the other way.

The moon seemed to be out of reach 

And for this,the stars embarked on an outreach.

         

The elders of the tribe

Met,and decided to appease the celestial

beings

With a human sacrifice, as a bribe 

Whose fate is left to earthworms and ravens.

But the procurement of the sacrificial item

Became a predicament.

For the famine brought along with it different ailment.

But this woman willingly gave herself up as a totem. 

                         

Aghama!!!!

How unfortunate,life turned out to be for you.

The Belle, who will never be called mama 

For on this never returning journey the tribe  chose for you..

Poem Credit: Godwin Henry Osaigbovo

(Pa Shakespeare)