Are We Not Victims Too?

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Are We Not Victims Too?

- March 24, 2017

From this beautiful land

Our fatherland

They were taken away in chains

Across the Atlantic into strange lands

Some drown in the sea

Some freezed in the cold

Some died of hunger

Some of sexual assaults

They are the victims

Of political greed

And economic selfishness

When the war started

It began like the moonlight's dance

Yet our brothers fell in their numbers

Thousands and tens of thousands

The brains of the Biafrans were blown up

The bowels of the Nigerians were thrown open

They were all buried in unmarked graves

In the unknown groove of a dark age

They are victims

Of political greed

And economic selfishness

We sing of peace with troubled hearts

Shout of joy with broken spirits

Dream of better days with a confused sights

We are victims too

Are we not victims

Of failed history

Of distorted images

Of broken brotherhood

Of bastardized cultures

Of political greed

And economic covetousness?

© Olatuja Oloyede