Empty streets, distraught zone
It's quiet and empty in all places
In fear and tears we walk alone
Forlorn looks on saddened faces
One man jailed for a whole nation
In solidarity we take our chains
And where he goes we march on
In his loss we find our gains
What's become of the blood-letting
Even the loudest of voices are silent
They loot, they destroy in profit getting
Dead bodies litter wherever they went
Seems like the devil has made east his encampment
Corpses and blood eaten and drank in sacrament
I like the solidarity in our cause
We must fix our broken laws
This rollercoaster is a déjà vu
Now we sit at home me and you
How long it'll last we don't know
A fearsome monster it will grow
After full circle it will turn around
When it has reached it's full course
In all our land peace will abound
If in one accord fairness we endorse
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Author:
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Eastern part of Nigeria has been in turmoil lately of some sort of discrimination and marginalization from a section of the country over them. Evey monday has been a sort solidarity demonstration, by way of sit-at-home protest,to get the authorities hear their voice and meet their demand for fairness, equity and justice. This poem depicts all that.
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Comments1
last year's chaos, as normality
this year
student death in west
home stay protest in the east
and as-ever, 'VI'
remains, untouched
but for kidnapping and bank robbery
attempts
removed clear of all the daily, wahala
by that beautiful
giraffe neck, bridge
as symbolic difference
of diverse, realities
in a single, supposedly unified
country..
Oga, I miss your country
and your people's, lively
warm, generous smiles
I wish you all, Lasting Peace
stay safe! I beg
Thank you Mek for reaching out and your kind comments. We long for peace and hopefully it will come someday. Stay safe too.
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