A strangeness courses through me
One not unfamiliar to my being
A warm glow brews inside
Anger rises with a raging tide of emotions
News of a foul deed
Rages across the land
Unleashing torrents of bile
From one and all.
What manner of life would another’s take
with such savagery and bestiality?
What heart pounding with life-giving blood
Would another’s heart pound till it ceased to beat
Spilling the very blood that gives it life?
What manner of womb that cradled life
Would stand a-watch and cheer on
As life is brutally cut short?
What purveyor of law and order
Would in defiance of his sacred oath
Suffer a maddening mob
To desecrate lives
For whom an oath was taken to protect and serve?
Tongues rose in condemnation
Of a deed most foul
Christians and heathens alike
Rulers and the ruled
Beat their chests in anger
For a crime most heinous
In our rage
The truth is buried
In our quest for vengeance
The message is lost
The bereaved ask for justice
But we bay for blood
Unleash on the beasts
A hundredfold of the savagery
They meted out to their victims
Tongues that profess Christ
Spew curses from the depths of hell
On generations unborn.
Questions within
Answers without
Once, we cheered on
That which we now deprecate
How soon we forget
That we are who we condemn.
(In memory of the Aluu 4)
Nice poem.
That tragedy was a disgrace to humanity
Gruesomely sad…. nice work @esosa
This is a better poem jawe. thanks for the emotions and questions
I like.
Nice poem. And this line is a masterful crafting of words:
What heart pounding with life-giving blood
Would another’s heart pound till it ceased to beat
Well done. Keep improving your art.
Made in Nigeria (TM) justice. We all hope justice is dispensed this time.