INDIRECT MURDERS

If you poison the waters
…you poison its fishes
If you cut a tree
…you kill its fruits
When you block the moon
…you darken the world of many an eye
Acts are facts whose guts
…reality can’t hide

II
If you annoy the rains
…you push its kill with flood or drought
For its anger know of only extremities
If you annoy the sun
…you cause it to burn or hide
Its anger, you know, know only extremities
If you annoy the sun
…you know they heat winds to bite
Acts are facts whose guts
…reality can’t hide

III
So act not innocent
Thinking your actions just
…when innocent targets wallow in the pain of your justifications
Oh act not wise with holy scriptures as your fixtures
Right revenge, risking lives of many a wronged
…puts you at the wrong side of fairness
We now live in a world where the innocent deserves no bullets from karma
…in connections to associations their will can’t reach
Know this, and choose forgiveness
…in your fury for vengeance
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia © April 15, 2021