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 </div><p></p>Time stretched like acres of farmland<br>
And the North star soon lost its twinkle.<br>
The dews dropped like soaked balls of fluffy cotton,<br>
The day was unproductive like the other.
<p>Drumbeats,<br>
The voice of the silent gods.<br>
The mind is a jumbled heap of despair,<br>
The cold ran its strange course along his body.</p>
<p>The night had finally lifted the veil<br>
And the sun came pouring in<br>
To fill the empty ‘sphere.<br>
The mind played a trick on him.</p>
<p>Reality painted a mirage of hopeful colours;<br>
A trail of smoke dancing in the gentle wind.<br>
The village lies ahead,<br>
Where the heart could find easily<br>
But the feet’s flight slowed.</p>
<p>Drumbeats,<br>
The gods have voiced a warning;<br>
The earth thirst for sacred fluid,<br>
A budding harvest must be quickly made.</p>
<p>The old trail’s end promised help<br>
But the mind is aweary and must rest,<br>
The feet won’t lessen it’s slow trudge onward,<br>
Heart beating in rhythm with the echoes of the silent drums.</p>
<p>He was met by the procession;<br>
The elderly matched to the shrine.<br>
He hailed and they nailed;<br>
A living carrion for the gods.</p>
<p>Home was southward,<br>
Beyond the reach of the flowing river.<br>
Mother’s tears flowed swifter than the river,<br>
Father was just an ache in memory.</p>
<p>Aduke had put to bed<br>
And birthed a whelp;<br>
Alani,<br>
A young stallion with a lion’s mind,<br>
A fond memory of his.</p>
<p>Drumbeats,<br>
The gate opened to the chant of the restless gods,<br>
Their wooden mouth scowled<br>
And forehead creased with wisdom.</p>
<p>The dungeon became his home;<br>
A less better abode than the six feet,<br>
The prayer lingered on his lips;<br>
That the sun may guide him home again.</p>
<p>The gods had decided<br>
But he hasn’t,<br>
The decision was made<br>
And his wasn’t.</p>
<p>Seven market days onward;<br>
The gods must feast on heart and blood,<br>
The Queen must birth a fame,<br>
The gods had spoken.</p>
<blockquote><p><em>To be continued…</em></p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align: center;">Read The Full Series:<br>
<a href="http://poetry.wrr.ng/carrion-for-the-gods-1-the-sacrifice-by-adeosun-oluwapelumi/" target="_blank">CARRION FOR THE GODS 1: THE SACRIFICE</a><br>
<a href="http://poetry.wrr.ng/carrion-for-the-gods-2-a-travellers-travail-by-adeosun-oluwapelumi/" target="_blank">CARRION FOR THE GODS 2: A TRAVELLER’S TRAVAIL</a><br>
<a href="http://poetry.wrr.ng/carrion-gods-3-silent-observer-adeosun-oluwapelumi/" target="_blank">CARRION FOR THE GODS 3: THE SILENT OBSERVER</a><br>
<a href="http://poetry.wrr.ng/carrion-for-the-gods-4finale-prophecy-rebounds-by-adeosun-oluwapelumi/" target="_blank">CARRION FOR THE GODS 4: PROPHECY REBOUNDS</a></p>
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