Disconnect


Throw more pebbles to the sky and they will come back with a sign;
Thousands of infliction can hold not the disconnect...
That rattled every fibre of illumination from my eyes though I sigh;
Seeing humanity professes over mundane flesh that won't resurrect;
Over shackles of misdemeanour that rattles the blood;
When hunger strikes were aggravated by empty minds not tables,
We taught ourselves the act of wars by acting demons and gods;
Can you see beyond the disconnect amidst the blinds and fables?;

Not a new breath can immortality bring forth without a dime;
The essence of existence is like a leaf to its stalk;
That oxygen you breathe may thin out as you climb;
The line between life and after may get tangled and you stuck...
In between a disconnect of an uncountable archaeological waste;
Or lost within inks of conjured spells binding the quills and parchment;
Not so symbiotic affair that transpires when the other dies in haste;
Can you give a life to a course that will emancipate a living parchment?

Greediness will play you into an epicentre of a quicksand;
The more you dance to it, the faster you sink;
The hatred has become your morning selfie from your mirror-stand;
Who can then blame the media for spreading rumours at every click;
A real disconnect between story and reality comes to screen like a play;
Envy more and die quick-quick and faster;
The forcemen parades my clansmen as the accused with no bail;
We see this everyday on the tabloids; those are your Master's!

A disconnect in tribe, we can still grow and be better;
This world is big enough to lay your tracks and run your race;
At the dearth of strength, you will be chased helter-skelter;
Keep your cool and breathe to mind your pace;
Education is key but not the final key;
Still respect the meek and the ignorant few;
Even at your desk, this ground you will till;
Don't harm your neighbour nor condemn to kill;

But that disconnect in the marrow stings and moves you in its octahedral;
The taste for anarchy ignites passion like a burning coal;
The holocaust thief have the same right as the villain hiding in the cathedral;
Your right to life is not far more than a dog chained to your pounding pole;
An inner peace is the antidote for your disconnect;


Leke Odubote, "Disconnect", copyright 2017

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