Cries Of The Berry | Gabriel Oluwalana

So high the cloud
Far away from the soil of black
‘Ever mercy the tears of burning berry
Always slide from F’pan to fire

‘Hmm’ says always ‘he candle that light the coal
Shallow shout shall persist, shouting
If the legacy of sky is not follow
Bang more says the mouth of fryer

Selfish mouth that eat shall whistle last
Without mercy of thy crying berry
Haste in your journey first son of cloud
To curb the aid of devourer

Son of whom, what hath happen to your kingdom?
The damage that caused by blindfolded fair lady
With a staff and torch that led you
But later handed thy staff to your blinded child

Be in haste ‘ever draw back
Fetch thy water from the well
Where patient dwell to bath
Our wounded heart with hope and joy

Be haste ‘Weh in the cloud! The hope of berry black
To wipe thy tears with your white garment
When hope seems to shows
‘Tis a silver lining from the cloud

Poet's note: The poem is so much electrifies with the uses of language, through the first line to the last line. “Cries of Berry” is richly in diction (that can be seen in the title). In a nutshell the poem is the analysis of suffering of the blacks (African) citizen in the colonial era and also continue in post-colonial period till date. This can be seen in line 14 ‘The damage that cause by blindfolded fair lady’. This is the illustration of white people that came to African in the aim of enlighten and civilizing them but unknowing they also were blindfolded with ignorance that later led them to hand over the power of governance to blinded African greedy child and power hungry leader that caused much agony to every people in the society and nation at all. This is the reason why symbol is employ at the first line that causes the call of most high power in a form of cloud ‘So high the cloud.’, and also questioning the higher authority for not willing to come to the rescue of black people’s soul from all evil leaders, which instead he draws back which make the distance of cloud to soil of Africa much more than other nation. It is also stated in line 6 and 7 that shallow shout of people without their consecration to follow the will of God will always end up like clamouring shout of clay. Also line 9 says every mouth that devours the resources of nation greedily shall later regret it did. Conclusively, the call was pronounce for help from above to curb the evil doing of devourer in line 12 and to redeem the affected and broken heart with the water of patient and wipe all tears with white garment of hope and joy that is in the hand of Yahweh (‘weh) line 18-24.