Inale

Your tale is told in the marketplace
As you walk by with no covering for your sores
Inale
Dear child of my mother
Your name has become a synonym for shame
You used to be a brother
Our brother

Till you went ahead and did it
You broke the bond
For the satisfaction of a moment
One scathing moment of bliss
One moment
To feel like a boss
You thought the unthinkable
You did the unforgivable
Inale

You should have controlled yourself
But no!
You did not
You reacted in anger
You let your fury raze our farmlands
You let your anger overwhelm you, Inale
Anger is a mad driver
He took hold of your hands
He raised your hand
And slashed his throat
*Silence

Not just his
But that of his kinsmen
You murdered them all
In cold blood
We tried and tried
To calm you down
But your anger was too great Inale
Your fury consumed
Families!
Generations!
Men!
Warriors!
No one escaped your onslaught

You wet our farms
With the blood of your brothers
Inale!!!
You have done the unpardonable
You have committed a taboo
For this we reject you

Inale
We turn our backs on you
Go and join your brothers
In the land of the dead
Go Inale
Suffer the fate of your brothers
Inale
odigbere
Odigba