THE RISING SUN

By Onah, Godday Ejiofor

This rising sun shall bear me witness
That these children of mine
Where once battered
And robbed of their robes
And shoes and crowns
And chased into the deep dark forest
Where they sojourned for years
Famished and finished,
Their flesh turned manure to the soil,
But their souls and spirits lived.

This sun, you shall bear me witness
That from these dust and ruins they rose
Sprouting like a tottering rotten grain
They scattered over the soil of the earth
Like grains of sand carried by wind and water
They began to mount their stake.

Writer's Biography

Onah, Godday Ejiofor is an undergraduate English and Literary Studies student at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He is the author of Shadows and Apparitions, and his poetry and short stories have featured in many anthologies, including the Nigerian students' poetry Anthology, Writers Space Africa.