TOMORROW

Tomorrow will be Benue 

where mothers cry
and babies grow
to behold the graves of fathers
that slept before they became
young men that did not father freedom.

Tomorrow is earth
that mourns her slain
that fears her faith
her fate and future.
Her festooned failure bloodied
by murderers.

Tomorrow is resurrection
of anger, of hatred, of seeds buried today
tomorrow is hateful and vengeful.
a dead seed is dangerous
tomorrow is dangerous
she will harvest these sorrows buried and forgotten in many folds.
but tomorrow comes with me,
I buried truth, peace and love. I will yield my increase.

Richard Abutu