Voices

Poem by Gloria O’koye

Got voices screaming out chants!

Say enough of playing by the code…

They took one of ours

So now everybody is fair game.

Talks of unity goes down the drain,

No more sit downs to resolve in a peaceful way.

They say war is only answer,

Can’t you see the blood tears trickling down each grieving face?

Marches & rallies are just for show

And photo Ops.

Another generation added to the Bitterness

That clogged up the older ones.

Watching young and old

Sipping on that lean

And taking puffs.

Plotting on the next steps

To crush another mother’s heart.

Dealing with voices is a war

No one has been able to maintain.

Every party is affected

Everyone from all sides of the fence

Feels pain.

The power of the tongue can

Make and break any gathering into

A hunting game.

Takes an outwardly discipline,

It takes a bigger person to successfully

Gain.

Many these voices be subdued

Before more tragedies plague this place.

A city that is home to many….

Shouldn’t always have to be tainted…

By these voices in people’s brains.