Our Mother Is Not At War Poem by Okoemu Okoemu Okoemu

Only that about 20 people got slaughtered in Benue
The blood is not much,
About 200 litres full
But more than the river in Benue
Just that people wept and cried
Only about 2000 litres of tears
Just sorrow, tears and blood.
Very few killed in Jos,
And scores wonder
Blood flowing all the gutters
Human flesh in place of cow meat
On the abattoirs
Fresh meat not to eat
Fresh blood of sorrow.
Our mother is not at war
Only that General Boko
is now the C-in-C
And will say, bomb Borno
And it is done,
Thick smoke from bombing is the atmosphere
At least, only 1000 people died,
Only 500 people are injured
Our mother is not at war
Just that her children are killed every day
And she is denied all
She is at peace, because only Fulani herdsmen are killing
Only boko haram, are bombing
Only senators' boys are robbing
No war,
Only that, ofa was robbed
And people killed
Only that Evans the kidnapper may have been set free
Only that Nnamdi Kanu has been locked up at sea
where odi is residence
Only that, herdsmen carry arms like the armies
And killed like soldiers on peace keeping
Only that, some can kill and get away with it
Because, their brother is the husband of our mother
There is only killing and tension
There is only crisis and conflict
But there is no war
our mother is not at war;
Who is deceiving who?

-Okoemu Okoemu Okoemu; the Living Spirit