Blood diamond

Cut deep
that blade on ya finger
set in ring
meant to dazzle and linger

Oh my darling
till death do we part
i love you so much
with all of my heart

see how it sparkles, see
how it shines
gestated from the
finest Gauteng mines

fret now, not thou darling
smooth thy brow
please worry you not
how thou-st diamonds begot

for i love you, you see
says Debeer stone shine brilliant
think not of it as
a civil war affiliant,

lovingly loosed from the
crusts of earth cradles
washed not in the mamas
blood, by RUF ladles

Oh father they chant
i know you no more
a.k.a now my parent
Foday Sankoh collector death whore

for each of the fingers
that pink stones adorn
think not now my love
of all the limbs shorn

off in regeneration
for that liberated nation
bound to truths dust
in soft deceit powers lust

drum beat breaks still
the earth breaths scent deep
decaying smiles
witness nations weep

sun baked babies
play with cold steel
cool on their thirsty skin
innocent of whats wrong, whats real

chess pawn children
blank in mind but for hate
massaging conflict
blood diamonds seal fates

washing in scarlet
fed on bullet and lie
in the place where life started
now where humanity's departed,

oh my sweetheart
think of fear not
when your mouth feels dry
at how your stone was begot

tiz only a small stone
what can one hurt?
tiz only a small stone
pulled from the dirt.