We have come with cola nuts <br />To knot death till Our old ages <br />We neglect the shelter of our huts <br />To pay the price of remorsed renegades. <br />. <br />We have long lived in pestilence <br />But we have come to pour the palm oil. <br />We have regretted our nonchalant negligence <br />We plead! Save us from this tormented toil. <br />. <br />We have spilled the blood of she-goat <br />For every she-living creature we know <br />Are peacefully placid and pathetic both. <br />Deliver us from these griefs that from you flow <br />. <br />We have shattered the feathers of dove <br />And of pigeon on your deserted shrine, <br />For with pigeon, you shall give again your love <br />And with dove, peace could be restored from thine. <br />. <br />Listen! Hear Our children awailing <br />We grope in agony hither and thitherward <br />Our sadness close to the shore asailing <br />We entreat, let thy kindness be restored.<br /><br />Joseph Oladehinde Ibikunle<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sacrifice-of-conciliation/
