IN LEKKI, HEROES PREVAILED
Now hear us, you inhabitants of the world!
Never again shall we remain silent,
for our posterity is in threat of slavery.
Never again will we fear death,
for we are not better than our painfully departed comrades;
for even in life, the occupants of Hades pitied our sorrows.
In our mother's wombs, we learned the mystery of hunger,
yet we have endured.
In peace, we begged to be listened to;
however, they ripped our veins open in response.
In agony, we queried why?
But in their pride, they murdered us in our prime!
God, where are you?
Wickedness abounds!
Goats and cows are made precious over mankind.
Gold and silver, they traded for human life.
In evil-conquest, our leaders defect the satan!
The weeping of our motherland, who can console?
In the month of her Independence, they murdered her youths!
In the month of her Freedom, freedom died!
In the month of her Liberation, they mocked liberty!
When she aged sixty, she was made barren!
Our sorrow knows no bounds.
Our comrades were prematurely shown the portal to eternity.
Yet, they faced death confidently: shoot us, they dared.
Of a truth, heroes, they were.
We shall always immortalize your courage.
Your sacrifices shall never be in vain.
To all fallen heroes of the Lekki massacre, we forever bow in reverence.
Merife, Chisom Victor
About the Poet
Merife, Chisom Victor resides in Imo State. He hails from Lohum Umuimeyi, Bende L. G.A Abia State, Nigeria. He is currently a 500-level student of the College of Medicine, University of Nigeria. He is a Christian with a personal relationship with Christ. 'Women first' is his catchword.
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