I know I lack a retentive memory
But that explosion tattooed a name on my
mind
And bought me a long term memory
That could only retain the storm of blood
in Baga
The
one that disseminated grief and fear For,
ruthlessness got engaged with violence and
exhumed tears.
I had tried to count the birds
that
remain in the sky
But I could only find the aura of sorrow
Counting my confusion and lust for justice
But justice has lost its sight Justice is
dying alive
Strangling
the neck of hope.
The storm of blood in Baga
Plucked my eyeballs out of socket
And disconnected my artery from the flow of
joy
I saw tragedies unexplained, Lost the
expensive gain
The
future of young ones, sucked out of reality
And was replaced with vicious end.
The bomb that tore Baga was no accident
It
was a nurtured cruelty on the mind of ruthless men
Men, who housed their conscience in the
depth of destruction.
Ripped fleshes littered the earth in Baga
Like refuse in the dump No match for each eye,
nose and hand.
No
head, fits a neck Identification
is far from the brain Patching each body
Is like trying to hug the cloud I see Baga,
I see dreams unborn I see Baga, I see life
in tears
Humanity has lost its dignity Justice has
given up
the throne for injustice Terrorists are
recklessly
distributing tragedies Peace could not find
a space to sit Memories no longer live in
the past
As life, gradually looses its life.
INDEX:
Baga in Borno state, was a location of the
Nigerian Army base that was the headquarter of the Multinational joint Task
Force (MNJTF), an international force of soldiers from Nigeria, Niger, and Chad
that was formed in 1994 to deal with cross-border security issues and more
recently, combating the Boko-Haram insurgency. The attack on the town began on
3 January when a large number of the Boko Haram militants captured the town of
Baga and overran the MNJTF headquarters and army base in town.
