Abeng Poetry: How To Build A Brick Foundation

                                            Building A Foundation (A Freestyle Poem)

                                       copyright 2016 K. Omodele @TheAbeng

"When we build, let us think that we build for ever." ~ John Ruskin

Don't topple each other down

over indiscretions the dotish

have dished us in the past.

Won't shackle

and bind you

for another's crimes-

her shuffling on like a

visitor in zoo; turning

back on the encaged,

leaving without further thought

-not even, a   lingering

thought    after.

No, that wasn't you!

You're thugging through

determination etched in your brow

Lips pursed! Eyes holding true

heart holding thru

stacking through

thoroughly troweling

building, time piled on time.

Don't punish me for some lame's sins-

those creeps stabbing you deep

daggers in the back; lending

you hearts, then upending your

hopes, snatching I-Do whispers back.

Houses built on sand

inevitably tumble...

But I'm constructing with you,

creating a deep foundation

Erecting deep-rooted pylons,

like Bayna-Lehkem*-shoulder-to-shoulder

-with-Taitu** deep; planted,

taking on Legions of Rome

heads high, defending home

laying bricks in a foundation

mortared with time

poured into time.

*the Ethiopian Emperor Menelik (or Menylek)II

** Empress Taitu was Menelik II's wife. Together the battled against the Italian forces, defending Ethiopia from colonization, ultimately defeating the Italians at the Battle of Adowa.