Christmas Ebini
(A Poem Bate Besong Would Write Now)
I leave you
With no regrets
As I see the porter
Of the beautiful gates
A broad smile
On his face
With a bunch of keys
In his broad hands
He is getting ready
To open the bright gate
As I stand looking
Wondering my new fate
Then he looks at me
A look of invitation
This way he says
Through this gate of life
The saints are waiting
On my early coming
And everything is set
For my new christening.
As I leave you
Weep not my departure
For I filled my page
Of the struggle for justice
As I leave you today
Just as I came yesterday
With nothing to leave behind
But the footprints of a struggle
I see those who left earlier
Curious to know how you are
If injustice still exists
As they left behind
I tell them of your struggle
Against the strong forces of evil
That manufacture fear and hate
Against you and your children
As you stay lively behind
Do not give in to the devil
For his forces were long destroyed
Though he pretends to intimidate
Keep on the good fight
For sweet justice and freedom
Till the day your time comes
To join me to fight no more
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