bones of drought
rattle in the sky
the bones denote
a constant dry
no rains came to quench
they were absent
on the Kenyan mound
an arid woe
remaining around
the land morbidly dead
of life's elation
it vanished in the sun's
unrelenting evaporation
people starved by
unrealized crop
cattle thirsted for
a watering drop
and a parching famine
dwells in Africa's well
the fountain of survival
a desperate hell
bones of drought
rattle on high
the rattle speaks
of an empty sky
aid agencies implore
the world to give
so that fellow humans
can go onto live
Jun 24, 2017
Jun 24, 2017 at 8:23 AM UTC
bones of drought
rattle in the sky
the bones denote
a constant dry
no rains came to quench
they were absent
on the Kenyan mound
an arid woe
remaining around
the land morbidly dead
of life's elation
it vanished in the sun's
unrelenting evaporation
people starved by
unrealized crop
cattle thirsted for
a watering drop
and a parching famine
dwells in Africa's well
the fountain of survival
a desperate hell
bones of drought
rattle on high
the rattle speaks
of an empty sky
aid agencies implore
the world to give
so that fellow humans
can go onto live
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