A Veil Of Fire Poem by Emeka GOC

A Veil of Fire

A Veil of Fire
In the shadows of Nigeria's vibrant cities
And enterprising people spurn out of universities
In this vast rural expanses, a silent war brewing.
Carnages and archaic rituals simmers beneath the surfaces
Screening the very essence of civilized faces
War woven with barbarism, fear and resilience still brewing.


A Veil of Fire
The desperate yearnings for peace and prosperity
Penetrates not, this turbulent reality in the posterity
Offering an unflinching, meticulously questioning opportunity
To researching, exploring this religious terrorism's altitude) dity
Foundation, roots and ramifications in contemporary Nigerian community


A Veil of Fire
Its like a tempest sweeping through
our fragile landscape,
Of peaceful people captured in the clash unable to escape
The war between religious, ideology and humanity) ies
Illuminating the struggles caught in the crossfire of communit) ies


The Press, tough rough but blurred narratives Help create confusion, penetrating the annals of reasoning narratives
Citizens and readers transported into the illusion of reality
Bleeding hearts, unable to tell stories, their reality
A conflict fraught with fraud, complexity and nuance.
The atmosphere is thick with tension in awkward circumstance
Punctuated by rare moments of rare hope
Where courage flickers amid devastating rope.


A Veil of Fire
The press compelling work of vivid distraction by govt
In conniving, collaborating in chilling partnership
The violence reveals using indomitable power of govt
Against independent peoples spirited partnership
In seeking to break into pieces, this devils cycle.


A Veil of Fire
A Veil of Fire stands as a contributing beacon in the cycle
To unravelling and quench this quagmire's cycle
And redesigning the understanding of this landscape
Correct the obscured effects of fear and misinformations escape.