Cycle of Repercussions, Poetry by Floyd Robert-Maduekwe

Genre – Philosophical

Cycle of Repercussions
by Floyd Robert-Maduekwe

Noise erupts as the new inferno
A rapidly spreading disease
Crippling major cities around the world.
Wildly increasing in number
How many of them do not sleep?
This is a major symptom
He knew why the monks moved to the wild,
they weren’t going to risk getting infected.
He is numb to it until…
Sitting on the grass, frolicking excitedly,
they were still swimming in the amniotic fluid.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
three blocks away.
The frolicking continues uninterrupted
No flinch, no startle, they are not scared.
Every shuteye moment now includes this scene
He can’t rest.
He can’t hide.
He can’t escape.
He stops talking altogether.

She is scouring the aisles passively
Sucked into the exciting dullness- every ounce of her energy until
she happens upon dem bottles
Sleek, fashionable, trendy
But absolutely overpriced
What does the price say?
What sort of daring scheme is this?
They charge 40 bucks for a water bottle
Thefts committed in the open
Eyes blinded by materials and
Swindled with unintelligible concepts.
We offer our hands up to be tied
While giving them permission to steal from our pockets
Complaints have been erased
Resistance has been abolished
Accept what is thrown at your feet
She eats the bait and
joins the rest of the trapped fish.
The secret lies in the scale of balance
The sacrifice the third world inevitably makes
for the prosperity of the first world
Mother Justice ensures the balance
aided by good old imperialism.
Letting go is not an option today
Seek knowledge from the past
The splendor and power of the Persian Empire
The cradle of civilization.
It is sanction-ridden Iran presently.

The affluent cultural scientific prowess of Ancient Egypt.
Riddled with creations that can’t even be replicated today.
It is an unstable hotbed of revolution and mass protests.
The earth revolves around
So do its contents.
Break the cycle!

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