Condolence

On 14 April 2014 at about 6:45am the Nyanya suburb of Abuja was bombed where about 88 innocent citizens were killed and 124 were injured. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2014_Abuja_bombing "Explosives hidden inside vehicles detonated during morning rush hour in a bus station in Nyanya on the outskirts of Abuja. After the initial blast, further explosions occurred as fuel tanks in nearby vehicles ignited".

We send our condolences to the families of those affected.


 Which period of the day is it?

When ordinary countrymen,

Full of commitment and patience,

Hasten with fervor to add worth,

To the national well being.

It was the tip of the brand new day,

The pinnacle of interlace of the multitude,

Each facing towards their trade,

In search for the elusive `daily bread`,

To fend for ordinary lives.

There suddenly emerge a notatorium of blood,

Releasing a vast bobbin unwinding death and grief,

Someone had determined that such beautiful common folks,

No longer needed to live.

Creating a pool of frenzy, wailing and grief.

We condole the nation for the irreparable loss,

We are tormented by the animalism,

And who so benefit in them shall be shamed,

Stronger is the spirit of the wronged,

And even stronger shall the multitude prevail.

Feeling

`I feel good`, declares the dove

`Why thou feelth good`, asked the porcupine

`For my being and my livelihood`

`Safe is my family, sound my environment`

`Mine nights secured as my days `

` Fruits abundant yields my labour`

`My neighbours ever so friendly`

`Mine being is well fortified`

`Thou hast reasons to show gratitude`

`Many are crammed in avoidable afflictions`

`Traumatised in days as their nights`

`Lives subject to incalculable twinge`

`Were leadership responsive and responsible`

`Were trust held with thorough sanctity`

`Were respect given to all human entities`

`Everyone shall feel good in equal quantity`

`Thou hast all reasons to be thankful`

  `For marauders and slayers are loose`

`Scything and plundering the innocent`

`Raiding and maiming with seamless impunity`

`Were everyone to pay their rightful fare`

`Nobody frowns or cast a sullen stare`

`Falsehood would not have a place to share`

`No one needs atone for any bad affair`

`Should authorities and society`:

`Guide kids to become responsible adults`

`Educate and show the right path to follow`

`Provide tools to robust social mobility `

`In adulthood and good care in old age`

`Facilitate access to the basics of living`

`Education, Food, light and water `

`For everyone who has a spine and liver `

`From the right, left, the front and centre`

`We will feel good and surely live good`,

Says the dove.