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.