More than 160 crew from the United States, Australia and Europe aboard in a tourist vessel was attacked at somali waters. The Miami paper wrote this morning In the last three months more than 6 ships were hyjacked and released after being under militia captivity for many days some of them were held more than a month. In this poem I highlight the causes of the piracy in our seas. I wish to express my deepest sympathy to the ship and its crew who have become victims of somali sea pirates. fortunately only one crew was wounnded with a flying debris after the pirates fired a rocket at the ship. My thanks to Eileen who shared the iformation with me soon as she read the paper.

In the good old days
I was a civil servant
I earned enough income
I supported my family

When insurgents came
The leader was toppled
Offices were dismantled
Bullets replaced payments

I started to till the land
I cultivated fruit plantation
I exported banana to overseas
But the business was cut off
They called it illegal trade

Then I turned to livestock sector
In the bush I raised camel and cattle
I shipped quality stock to abroad
But the business line was cut off
Rift Valley disease was the excuse

Then I attacked the virgin forest
I burned charcoal to get survival
Aboard on huge vesssels I ferried
But the business line was cut off
Green activists blew the whistle

Then I surrendered to the warlords
I am now embroilled in their tussle
One is controlling makeshift ports
The other wants to stop the activity
The war is now going on in the sea