The Risen Sun Has Come To Stay Poem by Emeka GOC

'The risen sun has come to stay'

Once in the dustbin of history,
A slippery, slimy, and unstable general
Betrayed his supreme commander to usurp power,
Yet remained bereft, empty, and lacking vision.

His betrayal created a vacuum of vulnerability,
Encouraging pogroms and dastardly genocide,
Resulting in the butchering of thirty thousand soldiers,
Followed by an ensuing, all-out, one-sided war.

Great efforts were made to halt this culpable war;
A fragile peace was negotiated in Aburi, Ghana—
Drafted by ministers, scrutinized by lawyers,
Agreed and endorsed by both Heads of State.

People ask me why 'On Aburi We Stand' is our mantra:
Never enter a pact with an unstable man.
A wavering man is a danger to society;
Returning to Nigeria, he reneged on his word,
Betrayed the pact, and plunged the nation into war.
This is exactly what 'On Aburi We Stand' means.

But let him ask in faith, with nothing wavering,
For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea,
Driven by the wind and tossed up and down.
A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways
A pushover who carelessly led a nation into war.

Time is a physician, maturing the narrative;
The gangs who stood together will eventually crumble.
Conspiracies will fall completely apart;
Lies will be broken, tarnished, and debunked.

People ask me why 'On Aburi We Stand' remains our mantra,
The lasting, optimistic nature of truth:
It never changes, remaining faithful to its law.

The bitter irony in all of this
Is that they kept Nigeria together by force.
They have stolen the nation dry,
Producing monopolist billionaires,
While everyday Nigerians are no better off.

But time has faded their glory, and now they sing,
Confessing, talking, and apologizing.
People ask me why 'On Aburi We Stand' is our mantra:
Because 'the risen sun has come to stay.'

'Let there be light, ' and there was light;
That light remains to this very moment.
The Risen Sun has stayed for eternity.

They are confessing,
They are apologizing,
They are retracting,
While some merely spin a web of new lies.