Betrayed (For my King)

by Joyce Ashuntantang

           

I fell headlong for you

Your saintly face goaded me to sing

Your seminary days lured me

Your snippets of my language at dawn caught me

I matured on the wings of your new deal

 

But you betrayed me too soon

What happened to the ring binding us?

The “united” in our names?

 

I obeyed you as my lord

I draped you in clothes of hue

I made my house home

And called you “fon of fons”

 

Everything of mine became yours

The nectar from my tea leaves

The pods from  my cocoa

The coffee from my farms

 

I let you swim in my  sea,

And bared open my diamonds.

You anchored at my harbor.

What else was I supposed to do?

 

Like your true love I stayed

Wide eyed waiting for you

No airports lead you to me

No roads can bring you home

 

But I sang *dimabola

Hoping for sunrise at dusk

 

Now decisions excite me

And my future bugs me

Can you meet me at the **M bridge?

 

*popular church song in Cameroon adapted for use in political rallies

**Moungo Bridge which serves as a boundary between English and French speaking Cameroon

Comments

[Syl Anim]

Aunty Joyce this is lovely and quite touching.

[twitter.com/Joyceash]

Well, I hope God intervenes to save us from "our King". Thanks Sylvie.