Oh no!
They broke into my sacred grove
They stole my precious stones
My diamonds
My gold
Oh no!
I did all I could
I buried my precious stones in the heart of the earth
Deep in the boughs of the dusty earth
They searched out
Deep
They found out
And now I weep
How they found out
I do not know
I did no wrong
I only looked the other way
Am I to blame?
I preserved my precious gems
For generations yet to come to live
I prayed the generation alive
To leave the gems alone
For those yet to come to live
The generation alive
Preyed on the gems at their whim
The generation alive
Did not quake at my whip
How they scooped the gems off the surface
How they gathered them to sell
I do know
I only let them be
So to let me be
Am I to blame?
I entrusted my precious stones to the custodians
The Chieftains
They who took custody as owners of the land
The land owners who called in the foreigners
The foreigners who called themselves partners
How they partnered to excavate
…then to repatriate
How they excavated to extract to export
…then to deport
I do not know
I only trusted my chief thieves
My Chieftains
They who showed no remorse
Am I to blame?
I buried my precious gems in the jaws of the law
Carefully penned down
Carefully hidden in the clauses
Continuously pinned down
Consciously defied
Carelessly misapplied
When they looked about
No law they found
Into the earth they dug deep
As I dozed off into a deep sleep
How they dug deep
I do not know
I only left the law resting in the clauses of the sub-sections
Am I to blame?
Oh no!
They desecrated my golden forests
They stole all my precious gems
My golden nuggets
My sparkling ornaments
Oh no!
I did all I could
(C) SKBissue October 2022
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