WHAT IF THE NAME...?
What if the name 'Offiong'
Was to make you the mother star
That shines through this darker world?
What if the name 'Ekandem'
Was to place you above the spirits of the land
With sparks of life
To fight this battle for life?
What if the name 'Effiong'
Was to burn in you words
To be the voice to the voiceless?
But you have become an alien in our land,
With your cacophonous pronunciations.
You have nip your identity;
and with your scissor like tongue, tore apart this thread that weave our identity!
Cast not your spell on us!
Infect us not with your cancer!
Keep it in you;
Let the track remain in you!
- Call it English
- Call it remix
Our land is not for remix
