<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472222" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Lamentation of a deity</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The god laments: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ewuru! Ewuru! You have uncovered my nakedness! <br>You have thrown sand upon my banquet<br>And joined strangers to vilify me.<br>I, who was once your fathers pride<br>They neither ate nor drank until they feed their precious bride! <br>I, who once craddled you in my arms, now i prove<br>But a scorn to you and your new found love<br>You thrust a knife into my heart and say 'die'! <br>Die! Die! Can the breathless die? <br>Not even a decent burial will you arrange<br>But your fathers, such entreaties to my shrine would they engage! <br>For then when i hiss they all begin to cry<br>The god is angry! the god is angry! , even when i sigh<br>The women run into their rooms in terror<br>Aru! Men shake thier heads in horror<br>For my visit is mixed with a terrible anger<br>Grains, wine and blood they lay before my alter<br>A sacrifice of bribery, yes of bribery! <br>Appease! Appease! They offer to my fiery<br>But you, Ewuru, have cultivated a heart to hate me<br>Like a chick, you run afer another she<br>I, who once from ages to ages<br>Must now repose, like a mere man to his hades<br>But remember me! You and your household<br>A fearsome god indeed in the days of old<br>Ha! Ewuru! I die, but this is madness<br>I say madness! ! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ewuru: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Rest! Shall the heavens grant thee grace<br>And the earth her solemn peace<br>For only in lines shall i bear<br>Thy deeds, but then who cares to hear<br>Fret not for thine abandoned soul and fame<br>The world must never remain the same<br>For all are part of a system neither of us had made<br>And like thee, i soon, before it, shall finally fade<br>Season must come with its own drunkeness<br>perhaps this is all madness<br>Indeed i say madness! ! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">©Allen 2005.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Okonkwo+Osamedua.+Allen">Okonkwo Osamedua. Allen</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=472222" data-title="Lamentation of a deity de Okonkwo Osamedua. Allen" data-description="The god laments: Ewuru! Ewuru! You have uncovered my nakedness! You have thrown sand upon my banquet And joined strangers to vilify me. I, who was once your fathers pride They neither ate nor drank until they feed their precious bride! I, who ..."></div> </div> </div>

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