blessings
Ambrose Musiyiwa
the priest blessed you
blessed your comrades-in-arms
blessed the weapons you carried
blessed the ground you stood on
blessed the diggers that would dig the holes you would be buried in
told you god was on your side
told you victory and glory were yours
took a collection for holy mother church
the priest blessed your tanks
blessed your landmines
blessed your anti-tank missiles
blessed your fighter jets
blessed your anti-aircraft missiles
blessed the arms manufacturers
blessed the arms dealers
told them god was on their side
took a collection for holy mother church
blessed your comrades-in-arms
blessed the weapons you carried
blessed the ground you stood on
blessed the diggers that would dig the holes you would be buried in
told you god was on your side
told you victory and glory were yours
took a collection for holy mother church
the priest blessed your tanks
blessed your landmines
blessed your anti-tank missiles
blessed your fighter jets
blessed your anti-aircraft missiles
blessed the arms manufacturers
blessed the arms dealers
told them god was on their side
took a collection for holy mother church
Ambrose Musiyiwa is a poet and a journalist with a background in the intersection between activism, migration and community action. He coordinates Journeys in Translation, an international, volunteer-driven initiative that is translating Over Land, Over Sea: Poems for those seeking refuge (Five Leaves Publications, 2015) into other languages. Books he has edited include Welcome to Britain: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction (CivicLeicester, 2023), Black Lives Matter: Poems for a New World (CivicLeicester, 2020), and Bollocks to Brexit: An Anthology of Poems and Short Fiction (CivicLeicester, 2019).
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