I Bleed for Benue

I heard their

loud eerie cry

from miles away mixed

with crushes of bones

and it's sultry damp;

.

My clansmen were

tortured, massacred

and wasted with

their bodies littered

at the cathedral

turned mortuary;

.

If only death

had strangled

them in their

dreams we could've

cleansed the land

with the blood

of the lamb;

.

If only these

were caused

by the gods

we could have

appeased Amadioha

and Ógun at its

sanctuary;

.

But they were hounds

and scavengers that

came at the wake

of the dawn to the

rise of the sun with

their hatchets, gun

and knives to steal

defenseless souls;

.

Who will heal

the wounds of

my clan or bury

the fiery dog that

relish only the fetus

of the saintly virgins

that offers prayers

at the town's cathedral?

.

Not the rulers or

those at the Aso rock

can avert this calamity

masterminded to cover

their woes ...

only God can

save my foes !