After decades of civil war with the North Sudan, the country was divided in 2011, but the jubilation among South Sudanese proved short-lived

Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker Abdalla, a poet from Sudan, a war-ravaged African country, shares his fresh poem 

Yousif Ibrahim Abubaker is a TEFL Teacher, Poet, Journalist, Activist, and Freelance Interpreter/ Translator from Umbda Omdurman – Sudan. He also has been working as a debate leader discussing various topics in many English Institutes, Centers, Academies and Schools. He can be reached at: americanslang64@gmail.com

The Sudan Split

You are rejoicing in awaiting triumph.

But South Sudan has become another new nation in the African countries.

It’s on this day to share your

Plebiscite on bliss, joys moment.

You are polishing your pennon with dignity and pride.

For the universe identify and distinguish the color of your skin and beloved outland of liberation: South Sudan.

You will make the modulation that you have been dreaming about day and night with wide smiles.

The superstructure of South Sudan ranges in beautiful shores.

You were overburdened while you were rebuilding, and decorating your quarry.

You were tolerated when you were sparked to handle your well-being.

The glory of native land has risen over melting frozen desserts.

The manor of decades was continuing fighting for freedom and justice.

Free at last, you are going to adopt an enlightened era where ancestors were reborn, raised, rebirthed,

Into lettered philosophers,

Fettered theories of

Persecution

Tyranny

And devastation.

The green continent of rolling rivers.

Rivers that haul distance-milled valleys of

Inspiration, dreams, grace

And atonement.

In the field of rich assets

And the rights of your offspring

To education,

The soundness, cookery, and umbrella

Are not honored or upheld.

The wide open space where royals were familiar with the ripple of drums under the weight of heeding music to the snivels of blood relatives.

And the gossip of gratitude declared by affable people’s souls who outlived to settle another day in the realm of blood-stained legacies.

Histories and reigns of heroism that were pretended to yield growth,

Liberty

Love

And unification to,

The grassroots whose canticle is fortune chants with inspiration is just around the corner.

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Poet’s Note: This poem refers to the referendum in South Sudan. The journey started from the comprehensive peace agreement (CPA) signed in January 2005 between the Sudan People’s Liberation Army/Movement (SPLA/and the National Congress Party (NCP) which brought an end to Africa’s longest civil war. Although the accord inspired some Sudanese to seek a peaceful unity, the referendum of 2011 led to a political divorce. On July 9, 2011, the population of South Sudan rejoiced in celebration over its independence from the Republic of Sudan; a collective sense of liberation enhanced the euphoria of the South Sudanese people. After decades of civil war with the North, a peaceful resolution of long-standing disputes with Khartoum seemed within grasp. The jubilation among South Sudanese was destined, however, to be short-lived, replaced by the sobering realization that peace remained elusive for the South, that their struggles with Khartoum continued, and that their new nation was born under conditions of extreme vulnerability.

Read: The Distress of Wreck – A Poem from Sudan

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