Ahmed Hamud

October 4 ,2005


I am a Warlord

I am a Husler

I am a Holy Man

I am a Minister

I am a Moryaan

I am a Dottore

I am a Driver

I am: what I wannabe

I am a Warlord

I prey on the weak

Steal from the poor

Rob from the dead

Kill and rape

Pillage and burn

I am a Warlord!

I inject pain

Administer sorrow

Relish the agony of grieving mothers

The lament of a defeated fathers

The vanishing glimpse of a wasted child

I am a Warlord!

I am a locust

I chew on cables and concrete

Munch on signatures of history

Wreck havoc on monuments and museums

Harvest gold and silver from the dead

I am a Warlord!

I am a bulldozer

I destroy and devastate

Steal the gifts of God

Harvest the birds and the bees

Poison the seas

Cut the trees

I Cultivate hunger and hate

I am a Warlord!

I Sow and sell substance that kill

Peddle doomed aspirin to cousins and kin

Trade dead tree carcasses to Shaytaans and Sheikhs

When implored to stop

Told not to kill and steal

Not to destroy and rape

Told not to reap the wrath of God

I shrug and laugh

Roar and roll

Peek at my crystal ball

See an enemy bleep

I flash my clan card

Dawn my Reer jacket

Peek at my crystal ball

And yell

Tola = eey! Tola = eey!

Cousins and kin!

Sons of mighty men of yore!

In Mogadishu and Minnesota

Resist and fight!

The enemy is near!

The end is here!

I am a Warlord

When the dust settles

And the dough is down

The bullet scarce

I flash the peace sign

Recite the Quraan

Don my three-piece suit

Jump on a plane

And call upon the Man

I am a Warlord!

When I return to my den

I return to what I do best

Prey on the weak

Steal from the poor

Rob from the dead

Kill and rape

Pillage and burn

I am a Warlord! J J J

Do you love me ?


Ahmed Hamud ®
E-Mail: ajhamud@yahoo.com 


Ahmed is the Author of 'Cry With Me ' Ila ooy!
'Cry With Me' focused on the victims of the Somali tragedy whereas 'I am a Warlord' is an attempt to expose the mindset of one of the prime perpetrators of these crimes. Ahmed's most recent published poem on the subject is titled ‘ How Long ?'

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