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Saturday, December 31, 2011

B4 WE BOARD 2012


THEY HAD COME ALONG, LIKE US;
MEN AND WOMEN;
MARRIED OR SINGLE;
CHILDREN AND ADULTS;
TOGETHER, WE’D BOARDED THE TRAIN JAN 2011;
IN ESTEEMED HOPE TO DISEMBARK DEC 2011;
TRANSFER TO ANOTHER TRAIN JAN 2012;
IN FURTHERANCE OF OUR JOURNEY;
 OUT OF DESOLATE DARKNESS;
TO THE DAWN OF THE TWILIGHT;
THE LAND OF THE MARVELOUS LIGHT;
AHEAD OF US, LO, THE ROSEATE GLOWS;
INNA CLOSE DISTANCE;
AND OUR PILOT HAD ANNOUNCED;
WE’D BE TRANSFERRING IN MINUTES;
HAD’NT SEEN A DEMON LURKED ON THE TRACK;
BOMBS ON HIS RIGHT HAND;
IN HIS LEFT HAND, HELD HIM AK47;
WAITING TO SPILL OUR BLOODS;
FOR THE REMISSION OF SIN COMMITTED;
 NOT BY THE ORDER OF PONTIUS PILATE;
THAT CRUCIFIED CHRIST JESUS;
BUT BY THE ORDER OF YARADUA/JONA;
THAT KILLED FUDU BOKO-HARAM;
SUDDENLY, IT HAD HAPPENED SO FAST;
BEFORE A CHILD COULD’VE SAID MAMA;
A LOUD BLAST, FOLLOWED BY LOUDER ONES;
BULLETS FLIED! PEOPLE FLIED! TRAIN FLIED!
SOME AMONG US WERE INJURED;
SOME WERE AMPUTATED;
SOME FLIED WILD, ACROSS ETERNAL BRIDGE;
AND NEVER, OUR EYES ‘LL SEE THEM AGAIN;
US WHO ARE ALIVE, HAIL, AND HEARTY;
HERE YET, IS A TRANSFERRING TRAIN;
BUT BEFORE WE WILL GET ON BOARD;
LET US STAND UP IN SOLEMN PRAYER;
FOR THE SOULS THAT DIED IN BOMBS;
A TRIBUTE TO THE SARCROSANT OF LIFE;
WISH US ALL SAFE JOURNEY IN 2012.
THANK YOU.  ==deola.






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