What has Happened To Us

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO US?

The night air was laden with signs of
palpable fear groaning ominously into
every home; shadows in the night appear
as images of the threat personified.

Thus, the days crawl toward the date.
The threats threatening to burst through
the fragile containment wherein it’s
being held deliberately in fragile reasoning.

The Political gladiators, glaring vociferously,
in their utterances; propelling the society
into a precipice of murderous frenzy;
as pawns set in array in a chessboard.

The civil populace cringing into their shells,
nonetheless, determined not to blink at the
threatening storm; bracing against an
Ottmanic Emperor: though he was the umpire.

Thus, Bayelsan shed their blood
to democratically upheld their sovereignty.
Their cries were muted by a biased and
stupefied nation, blinkingly coming to term
with the emerging nightmare of an
ancient age, where autocratic
rulers arrogantly held their nation
with contempt and disdain.

What has happened to our societal value of life?
Why have we cast away our once cherished
love and respect for the sanctity of life;
that we have no power to create?
How could we atone for the blood
we have shed?