oruko lonro ni
the ebb and flow of emptiness
washing over barren lands
stealing away her thoughts, a
stark emotional void laying hold
words she's scattered over the
oceans of so many others
despair's mooning cry, her wail
filling winds of melancholic maladies
she raises her eyes to God's
dry lightening sky'd storms,
her opera acapella unaccompanied
by man's futile weapons,
the purist bound within unleashed
with furies tempest avowed
no longer the chaotic screeching of
life and losses' torment
desperation's keening seeps beyond
the wall of crippled masses
inciting a stance of united front,
arms crooked, strength in Eight
backed by the voice of millions
steeped in global harmonies
she draws together the cries of the
nations impoverished
weaving their pitiful anguish into
her battlecry for relief
the revolution to erradicate pains
of hunger grotesque
just close your eyes and like a child,
let her whisper peace as
she's sings of ONE love, ONE life, it's
not too late for shared forgiveness
she is the voice behind the song of a
world against poverty...
She is "ONE".
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"oruko lonro ni" is of the Yoruban language hailing from the beautiful country of Africa. It is a long-held belief among people of the Yoruban language that 'oruko lonro ni' - "names affect behaviour". It is time to change the name of poverty by raising our voices as "ONE"!
Poetry by DianeAnjoue
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Written on 2005-09-12 at 17:00
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