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 </div><p></p><figure id="attachment_6877" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-6877" style="width: 470px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://wordsrhymesandrhythm.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/vox-populi-vox-dei.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-6877" alt="Vox Populi, Vox Dei" src="http://wordsrhymesandrhythm.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/vox-populi-vox-dei.png" width="470" height="377" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-6877" class="wp-caption-text">www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry<strong> [Vox Populi, Vox Dei]</strong></figcaption></figure>“I won<br>
You lost<br>
You cheated<br>
The election was rigged”<br>
They charged our peaceful atmosphere with nonsensicalities
<p>To adjudicate, let’s go to the church of doom<br>
To excogitate harsh answers<br>
From the westerner’s <a class="zem_slink" title="Holy Bible: 10th Anniversary Edition" href="http://www.amazon.com/Holy-Bible-Manic-Street-Preachers/dp/B000666VKQ%3FSubscriptionId%3D0G81C5DAZ03ZR9WH9X82%26tag%3Dzemanta-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB000666VKQ" target="_blank" rel="amazon">Bible</a> of discombobulating</p>
<p>“Forget about the People<br>
They never will know the secrecy of our drama<br>
Death or Life, we remain their gods”<br>
They say and laugh, in their lodges of atrocity</p>
<p>The people weep in pains<br>
They see pregnancy of cataclysm<br>
In the pot bellies of Politicians</p>
<p>Disquieted voices of the Land<br>
Innocent mothers and children<br>
Sing requiems in memorial of their coming death<br>
Whilst hoping and praying for a Life<br>
From the verdict of the Court</p>
<p>When two elephants fight<br>
It’s the ground that suffers the pain<br>
When two power seekers lock horns<br>
It’s my mother and siblings that become refugees</p>
<p>The soil of peace that grew <a class="zem_slink" title="Ghana" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=5.55,-0.25&;spn=10.0,10.0&;q=5.55,-0.25%20(Ghana)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Ghana</a><br>
Now gleans egocentric and avaricious beasts<br>
The land cries blood as it loses grip of its peace</p>
<p>The people bleed in fear<br>
Pastors prophesying doom</p>
<p>Seated I here, talking to the ceiling<br>
Where will I run to, when its finally here<br>
<a class="zem_slink" title="Nigeria" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=9.06666666667,7.48333333333&;spn=10.0,10.0&;q=9.06666666667,7.48333333333%20(Nigeria)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Nigeria</a> or <a class="zem_slink" title="South Africa" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=-30.0,25.0&;spn=10.0,10.0&;q=-30.0,25.0%20(South%20Africa)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">South Africa</a><br>
<a class="zem_slink" title="Uganda" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=1.28,32.39&;spn=1.0,1.0&;q=1.28,32.39%20(Uganda)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Uganda</a> or <a class="zem_slink" title="Liberia" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=6.31666666667,-10.8&;spn=10.0,10.0&;q=6.31666666667,-10.8%20(Liberia)&;t=h" target="_blank" rel="geolocation">Liberia</a><br>
Where will I stop to quench my thirst?<br>
And where will I stop to earn the honorary title of a refugee?<br>
But the voice of the People is the Voice of God<br>
Amen!</p>
<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Written by: Oppong Clifford Benjamin</em><br>
<em>Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson</em></p>
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