"udo" poems
*UDO
(means 'peace' in Nigeria)
What is in a name?
Sometimes it is a story.
Sometimes it is just a dream.
~~~~~
Your story began,
as many stories do these days,
"The men came and they...
burned my village-
***** my girls-
killed my husband-
cut off my *******
I ran away-
through the bush-
found a ship-
crossed the sea-
and then they put me in here..."
~~~~~
I read your story,
then had to put the book down-
especially when I could see
the woman with no name,
a woman who had no papers
to prove she was real,
dangling from the rafters,
chain gripping her neck
in a breathless embrace;
her feet swaying
showing her nakedness,
her paperless demise.
You told how she peed herself at the end.
Her once life a liquid puddle on the floor.
And I couldn't read anymore,
her image burned too brightly.
Even tears could not ease the realization
the cold-chained grip
was more loving
than living her life,
than being forced to return home,
facing the way every story began-
"the men came and they..."
~~~~~
Your story didn't stop there,
it refused to be quiet
and held me close,
as page after page
revealed more of your life;
made me question my humanity.
~~~~~
You gave me your secret,
whispered it in my ear
and asked,
"would you cut off your finger
for the likes of me"?
"Would you dowse the flames of oppression
with the redness of your blood?"
"Would you fall on the enemies sword,
let it rip out your beating heart"?
"Would you give your all to change the world"?
"Would you, would you?"
~~~~~
You gave me your secret,
whispered it in my ear...
You gave me your name.
You gave me your story
and more, you gave me
a dream, a reason to live.
~~redzone (Aztec Warrior)1.18.2011
(as you can see, wrote this poem a few years ago
using a different pen name)*
Dec 15, 2015
Dec 15, 2015 at 5:49 PM UTC
Me sach dasa
Kuj likhna nai c chanda
But aj rukea ni ja reha
Jis din da reliance wich dekhea he
Mann bada bechen ** rakhea he
Ohi halat dubara ** rahe
Jis to me apne aap nu kad reha
Tuci bade patle lag rahe c, jiwe kamjor ** gaye howo.
Menu yakeen nai c ** reha ki tuci hi **
Me seriously rab to dua mang reha c ki ik wari dikh jawe nd tuci dikh gaye. No doubt pehla bi dua krda ha. But us din dua ne kam kita.
Metho control nai c ** reha.
Samj nai c a reha ki kara.
Us din second time me apna hath marea c wall te. Nd mass fatt gea c mere hath da.
Me apni wife nu keha ki gir gea c.
First time udo marea c jado tuci first time roye c. Jis din tuci menu first time call krke bulaya c gurdwara sahib de samne.
Us time hath bach gea c but is time mass fatt gea,
Sorry disturb kita.
Koshish krunga ki dubara kuj na likha.
Sep 6, 2018
Sep 6, 2018 at 2:45 PM UTC
Menu supne ande rehnde a
Tere te ode ni
Ohnu bhenchod nu sine te sulawe
Tu har raat hanere ni
Mera chehra nai ghumda
Tere odo chaar chufere?
Une matha chumea pehla?
Ya hath chumme tere?
Son nai dinde menu eh khyaal
Sari raat ehi soch ke lang janda
Ki kite pregnent ta nai hongai
Aj eh kita hona
Oh kita hona
Dil te satt lagdi he
Bus hanju nai ande, bcz show nai kr sakda hanju
Udo ronda ha andro andri
Menu apni galti di saz mil rahi he
Nd me kush ha ki menu saza mil rahi he
Saali fat jandi he
Nd daily fatdi he
Oct 5, 2018
Oct 5, 2018 at 6:40 PM UTC
ghost now walks in the land
where the living died
the silent cry of innocent souls
hunt the night.
No more drums of war
for the drummers were killed too.
The night reek of blood
the smell of dead bodies
made love with the atmosphere.
Who will mourn the dead?
Who will sing the moonlight song?
For the night is quiet and calm.
© Jay.E. Udo
Jul 12, 2018
Jul 12, 2018 at 2:36 PM UTC
Udo t bada kendi c ki me viah ni krwana 1 saal
Tere to baad wich viah hou mera
Ta *** kyu mere to oehla munda lab lea?
Kyu viah krwaya mere to pehla?
Ki mere naali jyada pyar karn lag *** he us nu?
Mar 9, 2018
Mar 9, 2018 at 1:56 PM UTC