LAMENTATION OF AN ALIEN (IN A FOREIGN LAND)

By Berende Hassan Bola

I AM FAR AWAY ,SO FAR FROM HOME

NO WERE TO LAY, NO WERE I OWN

WANDERING ALL ALONE , WANDERING ON THE STREET

OF A ZONE PERIL , WHERE MAN TASTE MISTREAT

I SEE NO SAVIOUR , MAN IN A SHINY ARMOUR

TO SEE TO MY PLIGHT , AND CRIES OF MY CLAMOUR

IN A FOREIGN LAND , FAR ACROSS THE SEA

I VE BEEN A GHOST , THAT NO MAN CARES TO SEE

AND THE PEOPLE OF MYSELF, CALL ME , NOT THEIR OWN

NOW IAM STUCKED ,TO THE MOULD OF REJECTION

SO I HAVE TO LEAVE , I SEE NO OBJECTION

CAUSE UNTO MY WEARY HEART, DISEASES ARE PRONE

NO WERE INDEED, THEY SAY IS LIKE HOME

SO I PRAY MY PILOT , WALK ME BACK HOME