I Will Multiply

Over 60,000 Burundian refugees have returned
home following the ceasefire in the region.
Photo Courtesy: UNHCR

I will multiply

Like dust moths fly

At the slightest rebuke

From a bumbling foot

I will multiply

In reply

To the blessings

I have received

I will multiply

In boiling waters

Like brown rice

And overflow my borders

I will multiply

And will not be fazed

After a 1,000 delays

Cause like fine wine

I get better with time

I will multiply

Like foreboding clouds

And ominous skies

Scaring boy scouts

Out of their wits

Like seed

I will multiply

And cover a field

Till the land is green

Once again

And memory of pain

Translates to gain

I will multiply

Like forest fire

And blaze the skyline

With billows of my desire

I will multiply

But not die

I will thrive

Because I survived

The bitterness of war

'N the wilderness of gore

I will multiply

Like rays from the sunrise

And fill this darkness

With a bit of sunshiny smiles

I will multiply.

Akpan