The Black Tuesday

THE BLACK TUESDAY (Tribute to the Victims of the EndSARS Lekki Tollgate Massacre in Lagos, Nigeria; Tuesday, October 20, 2020) Dark is the night, Darker the soul, Fathomless depths, Stories to be told; We were not armed, but killed at the war front, We meant no harm, Yet our lives are gone; We've been cut off, In the middle of our days, Our lives had been cut short, Without a delay; Our stars are darkened, And fallen from the sky, All our dreams have been stolen, By this awful strife; We thought we would fly, Someday to lift our nation high, Now our journey has ended, But the struggles had just begun; All we needed was a better nation, A country that is worth a home, But what we received was destruction, A pain that took us to eternal home; There was an anthem in our mouths, And Flags in our hands, We sat on the ground, Begging for a chance. The hard souls had no mercy, They listened not to our cries, They removed every CCTV, And turned off our lights; Tonight, our blood weeps, The stain on the flag is the witness, That once in history, A nation wasted its innocent citizens; If being a Nigerian was a crime, You should have told us on time, Maybe we would have found a better place, Then get slaughtered this way. Yes! Bullets have pierced our brains, And slit our throats, Our bodies have felt the pains, But safer is our souls; We died as heroes of our time, A generation of change, Youths who fought for their rights, Youths who shall never relent; Ours has ended, But the struggle continues, Someday in history, Someone will surely remember, "The Black Tuesday", The day we were slain! http://abasdgreat.blogspot.com