Sentenced to Starvation

Greetings to you! This is Apoeticnovelist podcast. A show that brings you to poetry and stories. Your host and Guardian Angel all the way from Lagos Nigeria: Okon Ukeme Cornelius Dominic Come let's tell our tales of fear, doubt, joys, happiness and love in poetry and stories. Today the Guardian Angel went around the world. He found the street deserted and he's welcomed by echoes of sadness. He could feel the chilling breeze blowing and goosebumps sprouting on his fresh skin. Mournful flute of wailing greeted his ears. The movies of hands stretched out through the windows for help. Voices calling on their maker to rain hope upon them. Again waters fall from his eyes: the knife of their grief had cut deep into his heart. Africa caught his attention: he flew landed in Nigeria. Tua a little girl and her family were dying and they composed a poem. He stood by the window and listen them (Tua in Ibibio means to weep). The whole family went on their knees and prayed: they looked up to heaven with tears flowing down their chin. Sentenced to Starvation Rain drops of tears Hope a puff out of my lungs Bounded by grief And left alone indoor Our government has blown the flute Of death sentence by isolation We fear the beast Ravaging souls and cities But in disguise they condemned us To Eku (death) by loneliness Our minds imprisoned By depression and anxiety Our daily bread comes By hourly struggles Our stomachs are empty Like riverbed in the desert. You can support this podcast by sharing the links with friends (also telling a friend or two about it). Palease read the description and find a way to support. Be kind enough and click the subscribe button. You can support this author by purchasing any of his published three volumes poems collections: The Accent Ascent Of The Soul, The Fountain Of The Soul and Ride With Me Till The Moon Fades. You can also support by Subscribing to this podcast channel. Join him on Twitter @Apoeticnovelist. You can email him on [email protected]. You can follow the works of those who supported this episode by looking up their podcast, blogs and Twitter handles written on the description box. York Campbell @Poeticearthling podcast and Twitter handle. Dark Samaritan:@SamaritanDark. Tiffany C. Lewis: @MissPiinnkkii, https://rebellionlit.com or https://twitter.com/RebellionLit