THE TWINS OF CALABAR

Mark Ejaka

Biography: A Nigerian poet and storyteller whose work celebrates African heritage, cultural rhythms, and the human spirit, exploring forgotten histories and decolonization through poetry and digital storytelling

Mark Ejaka's Profile

Mark Ejaka

Wednesday 12 November 2025

THE TWINS OF CALABAR

They said our mothers were cursed with two,

That heaven frowned when twins were due,

That thunder spoke and spirits cried,

So babes were left where angels died.

But truth was buried in a foreign tongue,

By men who came with cross and gun,

They called our customs dark and wild,

Yet never saw the heart the child.

In Calabar, where rivers gleam,

Twin laughter once was not a dream,

They lived, they played beneath the sun,

Till whispers turned the hearts of some.

The strangers wrote our tale in shame,

Called love a sin, and life a blame,

They built their myths on broken cries,

And crowned themselves with holy lies.

But truth returns through time and flame,

The mothers rise and call their names,

Their voices echo through the years

No curse was there, only tears.

Now we sing for those unborn,

For every twin the world had scorned,

Calabar heals, her truth reborn

The lie is dead, the dawn is sworn.

Mark Ejaka's Profile

THE TWINS OF CALABAR

Trending Now

Most Rated Poems

Recently Joined

FPG Feeds