POETRY: A BIRD IN EXILE

WRITTEN BY BERNARD GABRIEL OKURUT

Here I am lonely bird,

Flying from tree to tree

With no place to call my own.

Here I am lonely star shining on

A moonless night.

Here I am-dead river,

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Flowing without end

Carrying nothing but dead remains!

Hear I stand,

Hopelessly in the middle of nowhere.

Am over fed with hunger,

Am over drunk with anger,

Forgotten, hated, and slandered.

They have turned

My victory song into a dirge,

And replaced the rhythm

With melancholy.

They no longer sing my praises

But talk ill of the good works

My hands have done!

Am a war hero, now forgotten.

They now talk ill of me as a villain,

They slander me.

And awaken anger.

In people’s hearts.

They have destroyed all my cities

And hold my family captive.

Now here I am lonely bird,

Flying from tree to tree,

With no place to rest my

Snow frozen feet.

Poem by

Bernard Gabriel Okurut

Bernard  Gabriel Okurut a.k. a  Blacfut Oracle is a young Ugadan poet, singer, songwriter, freelance journalist and literally activist. He is the author of  the ‘Noisy Silence’ a Ugandan poetry anthology published on amazon.com. He is a student of English  language and literature at Kyambogo University, Kampala Uganda. Okurut is the founder of  ’Psychic Poetry’’ a young poets student movement based in East Africa. Born and raised in a family of teachers, he started reading and writing poetry at an early age. His unique wit and pun makes him one of the most  phenomenal  young Ugandan writer.

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