Bawoni and Hello

Dear unwanted and far,

You live in an obi where no one but you calls home

But you dream of a love that tastes like oroma

And when you pray there is doubt in your heart

But a part of you believes in the onwa  magic

Where all the future kings and army dance in circles

Still the love of oroma and the magic you believe in

I still know that your heart is brave

It wants so badly to heal your scars

But ancestral tales won’t let  you be

With the nightmare of fighting you and angry me

You know you can love me

And you really want to try

I know I can love you

In your arms there is a good I identify

Bawoni? Please let my silly tongue say so

And the awful stench of ancestral wisdom fall and die

Broken ripples in our ancestral stream

Where our mothers and sisters use to bath and swim

The memories of our dancing dad’s who conquered the world

And told us it was beautiful to believe

My heart says hello and I can swear you eyes say bawoni

But we must dance history’s beats

Feigning ignorance in the truth that we can be free

Bawoni and good bye, let’s fight another day

As prisoners of custom and secret lovers of the onwa play