Submission by Agbor Enya

[Emmanuel Enya]

Chaos 

They walked about in blood-and-guts 

Bang bang they knocked on the door 

Sounds of broken bottles stole my attention from starry sky 

To mortals of explosive temper 

As another was knocked down and dragged out in anger

Made to swim in a pool of his own blood 

With an ocean of tears down his trembling chin

Screaming loud but none would dare harken 

Clasp in the cold hands of terror

We watched from yonder as he was pains inflicted 

Then came the finger on the trigger 

Bang bang to his head!

As white matters of his brain splashed onto the ground 

Another soul lost to the cruel hands of terrorism

 

We only watched from yonder, fear won't let us get closer 

Not even his weeping wife, pregnant with their first child 

Who would soon be born without a father 

Whispers has it that he was affiliated with the government 

Others says he had a run in with the same 

By and by, cold night of slumberous souls 

Calm silence was abused by the sounds of chaos 

Another life was lost, gone forever in cruel arms of terrorism 

© Agbor Enya 2017