Shadows

LONE WARRIOR

57 LONE WARRIOR For Albert Womah Mukong (Visionary amidst Cyclops). And now Mukong, at the Dusky threshold of your plight, Battle against kleptocrats, Battle against treasonable felons, The picture is beginning to be clear, The meaning of your struggles, The value of your sacrifice. In the face of our betrayal, You alone stood your ground Refusing a part of it to be As peers pitched in with Iscariots A piece of the silver to taste. In jail you rot ignored by Compatriots, friends even, yet Alone in your convictions you Stood; time proved you right. You may not have won completely, Lone warrior, but your effort Proclaimed your roots—a people Who know their taste. Rest that Body even as echoes of your Struggles continue resounding from The man-made walls surrounding Our hijacked existence. ...