ÀMỌ̀TẸ́KÙN

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It is very strong and agile among the cat family
It hears and see things while resting on the tree
It is not known for aggression but defending its territory
Hence Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn is the symbol of our security

Who then is he that flays the leopard?
He who take security with no regard
He whose people are protected by a vanguard
Yet to him the security of others is of no regard

He says Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn is nothing but illegal
And I wonder what to say of his people who are local
They go everywhere with arms and it is so legal
That the whole world thinks it is abnormal

Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn does not go about with any arm
But the civilian vanguard threatens with arm
Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn's people can not help but cry in alarm
Because the armed civilian cause more death than harm

Now if you call Àmọ̀tẹ́kùn illegal
Is it not hypocritical?
When you give terrorists an applause which is regal?
And stop the terrorised from protection which is logical?


(c) Juwon Osanipin

An excerpt from my book, LIFE, a collection of poems in facts

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