For You

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I am becoming a watchman 

To watch over your inks that flow into tiny air 

For you, 

I am becoming an African

From the Southern tip of Africa

For you, 

I am becoming the first inhabitant of the Cape

For you, 

I am becoming the first owner of the land 

For you, 

I am becoming the first race known as the San 

For you, 

I will go with my bands into the forest and pick wild berries

For you, 

I have become the hunter and gatherers 

For you, 

We will go into the mountains and pick pebbles

Each man on his bands, we will gather up stones 

For you, 

We will return to use the stones to make you a grave 

For you died a hero in the land of your sojourners journal 

For you, 

We will use our stones to build you a grave

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John Chinaka Onyeche (Rememberajc) is an upcoming poet from Nigeria. He writes from the city of Port Harcourt Rivers State. He is an undergraduate student at Ignatius Ajuru University Of Education Port Harcourt Rivers State, Nigeria, where he is undergoing studies for his degree in History and Diplomatic Studies. His writings are more on a historical perspective of the ordeal of Africans in the hands of their slave masters, life from the other way around it, and his works have appeared in many journals/magazines online within and outside Nigeria. You can find his works on the following websites: Spillwords, Melbourne culture corner, Nnoko, TunaFishjournal, Moreporkpress, Nymphspublications, Ethelzine, Youthmagazine, Acumen, Zindaily, pawnerspaper and conceitmagazine, Mosi oa Tunya Literary Review, Kalahari Review, and Rigorous.

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