BOKO HARAM – UBAH CHETACHUKWU
Looking behind…
Behind the headlines of suicide
Bombs set off on road sides
To what lays deeper inside
Boko Haram, we pray that
This pain and struggle would one day subside
Innocents falling like birds
Unprotected by the so-called laws
Innocents hunted down without a cause
Many a soul murdered
Hearts slaughtered, Brains knocked out
Young and old fiercely tortured
In pain and grief, we drown
With dry tears hidden in our eyes
…
But we still live on
While others fight for right, and die?
Sacrificing your own life for a cause
Sends an undeniable message;
Simple tears aren’t as expressive
What about our hand in the effort? Is what we hear the correct expressions
Of misleading directives?
…
Looking at this war from their side
Where they are pieces of dirt, unfed
Wearing pieces of shirts, unclad
No one is willing to give up pride
And we die for peace in Nigeria
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We are bleeding
Because somehow we’ve been cut by our own ideals
Our people are reeling from the pain
And we all know how it feels
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Masses, massacred
Masses, shattered
Tragedy so sad to see
When all that was asked to be
Was to live peacefully
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In my home, my prison
Patience has become my weapon
As I await the heat of light
The door out of my plight
Into the sun of spring
Where peace is my king
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Evil in creed
Ready to kill
Without need
And succeed in their devilish deeds
What hope is there for the hopeful?
Knowing fully well that hope has lied
I know that every story has two sides
But who wins? The ocean or the tides?
How do we justify
That when others die, it’s fine
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