Onyemaechi

Onyemaechi: A Tribute My earliest encounters of him was during the war The war fought in the hinterland of cities and suburbs Cities and suburbs filled by aborigines and internally displaced persons Displaced persons mingling in blood and death, bemused, hungry and doing all to survive To survive the war, they learned and began to do simple uncommon things Uncommon things, to the uninitiated, heartrending and daring And daring were his exploits to rescue his own despite the odds The odds stacked against him in the line of sporadic enemy fires Enemy fires notwithstanding, he blazed through the blitz attacks Blitz attacks targeted at uncommon people who started off as ordinary people Ordinary people who in their distress stood their ground Created new consciousness, refused to bulge, made fear to be afraid and discouraged discouragement!