BLACK FRIDAY
ALUU 4: Lloyd, Ugonna, Tekena,
Chidiaka.
Some call u cultists
Some call u thieves
Initially u were worried about the
shame of being stripped naked in
full of the view of the crowd...
The shame quickly turned into fear
4 ur life...
They beat u so badly, u could not
mutter a word...
Your heart was saying "Please,
please wait we're not thieves" but
ur mouth would not move...
You were tired, aching and
gasping 4 the breath of life...
You look at the crowd and u see
children, men and women that are
ur fellow country men...
Shock met disbelieve...
Your hearts cried 4 help.
You were thinking it was a dream,
that this cannot be happening.
They are not going to kill us...
You wanted to wake up so that u
dream no more...
But sadly enough, the dream was
not an illusion but apparent
reality...
You shouted, Somebody Help!
Please Somebody Help!...
Your Dad was not there to feel ur
pain...
Your Mum was not there to hear ur
cry 4 help...
Your Brothers & Sisters were
somewhere on their daily
businesses, while u were dying
somewhere in Aluu community...
You were so badly beaten.
You were hoping just to die so
that it will all end...
Then came the Petrol...and u were
thinking... No they wont burn us...
No No No Nooo!
The fire came... The sun became so
hot... You hoped 4 the rain which
will never come... Oh the Pain... So
Unbearable...
Then there was silence and peace...
You crossed over to eternity,
waving ur hands to ur lifeless
body...
Finally u found rest from ur
tormentors.
You were betrayed...
...betrayed by the person who
won't pay his debt and dare turn
on u and watch u die in such
anguish.
...betrayed by the community who
made so many assumptions and
exercised their jungle judgement
on u.
...betrayed by those who stood by
and enjoyed this injustice.
...betrayed by the authorities that
has no immediate response to
community uproar.
...betrayed by every observer who
thinks 4 whatever reason, u
deserve this gruesome judgment.
...betrayed by any human being
who whatever reason thinks any
circumstance around ur death was
justified by the judgment u were
served.
NO ONE SHOWED MERCY!
NO ONE SHOWED COMPASSION!
BETRAYAL WRITTEN ALL OVER THERE
FACES AS THEY HACKED YOU GUYS TO
DEATH...