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LarrySun: Haa! Olusharp! Must you torture us with this long poem. Even 'Paradise Lost' and 'Upon an Honest Man's Fortune' combined are not half as much!

oga i didn't know it was that long o.

Thanks to divepen for the
opportunity to post this here.
<<< The Relics Of War. (A Fiction)
>>>
Boom! Boom!! The explosion
from the various destructive metals rented the air, the
vibration that followed
showed they were from mass
destruction weapons. I ran
blindly into a building on my
left to dodge the rain of bullets and missiles travelling
in the air. From my hiding
place, i peeped to assess
what was going on. As my head
came into view a bullet pass
over my head i quickly duck thanking my star. I sat
on the floor looking miserable
while the explosions went on, "is
this the end?" i asked
myself. For years in Sun Bull
republic we have been singing the war chant without
thinking of the effect it
would bring to our land, here is
the war which has
escalated beyond our
control. I remembered the night when the Swami ethnic
came to our part of the
country lauching an unwarrant
attack on my
people, they burnt our
houses to the ground, killing our finest and strongest men.
That night we couldn't sleep
as we watch them go. "war, war
is what they want and
we shall give them in full
force." our regional governor said in anger, everyone
echoed with one voice.
Immediately we all set to work,
opening our
arsenal,strategising our
movement. I stood aloof wondering if this was
necessary, could not there
be another means to solve
this,when i told my people of
Toshi descendants my view
they all shut me down and almost
label me a black
leg.There was nothing i could say
they had already made
up their mind. The plan of
lauching a counter attack was
being prepared by our
war lords. I ran home to my
last treasure on earth "my
missus", after the demise of
my parent, she was the last treasure i had. I ran home
hoping like a frog along the way.
"Lupin, park your loads,
the people have summoned
the god of war and have
refuse to listen to the words of the god of peace." i
shouted as i got to the
entrance of
my house. She
came out with her buldging
tommy in which lives my seed, her face wore a sad look,
"Lupin i said pack your load i
don't want to lose you too,
go,go far away from here." i
said facing elsewhere. "Tev---
es, you are coming too, don't tell me you aren't, let us go
together, what will my earth be
without your sun to brighten
it?" she asked as
tears flow freely from her
eyes.I could not help it, i face her not knowing what to do,i
reach for her, "you have to
go,
go for me and our baby" i
pleaded. "What sort of thing
is this?" i thought, "the war is
already
having it effect on me, a
divided
family is in the making",i
thought. "Teves i want to stay with you"
she said
laying her head on my
chest. I pleaded with her till
she agreed, i planned to
transport her out of town by mid night. I went back to the
town square where the
preparation went on. This
time the town square was full
to the brim and every of our
powerful arms and ammunition had been brought
out. I stood with my back to
a
palm tree, this was how i
lost my parent 20years ago,
this senseless war, i remember the day the
attackers came raiding our
house, My Mother Polata was
killed first while My Father
Tchadi son of the greatest
hunter of Toshi descendant fought to the end killing two
of
the attackers then he
breathe his last breath and
death wrapped him up. I
remembered the smirk and happiness on the face of one
of the fighters, as he led the
others away.That day was
the most brutal day of my
life,
and what did we gain from the war, it was waste
of lives upon lives. "Teves
what are you doing there?" i
was back to reality, i turn to
look a the speaker it was our
General Commander, "Nothing sir" i said keeping a straight
face. "why are you crying?"
he pressed further."tears,
no sir" i didn't even know i
was crying, then he came
closer laughing "don't tell me you are afraid of the war" he
said. His words hit me and i
let it out like water, "Me
afraid? No sir i am not, but
don't you see this war is
baseless,people are just going to
die." this time he
wasn't smiling "baseless on
what fact, that they
attacked us first, that we are
fighting to keep our territorial integrity? Do you
call
that baseless, that these
same people killed your
parents eh? I heard you had
other ideas but we are fighting to protect
ourselves.No retreat no
surrender." he thundered "go
and join the others" he
ordered. I saluted and walked
away. The Toshi ethnic group was a communist state so we
do all things together, thus in
times like this everyman
automatically becomes a
militia. I marched towards the
others who were busy working out plans upon plans,
I sat down, "somewhere in
Swami
a plan similar to this is
being carried out." i thought. "if
this how we are going to save our territory, i better
give a helping hand atleast
for my parent and pray
there
are little casualties on our side."
i said to myself, I soon join the others in the
preparation. By Night fall, Our
Regional governor came to
address us, " My great
people of Toshi, it is time to
fight, the spies we sent out
gathered that the Swami
people are also ready,so at
dawn tommorrow,we lauch
our first land attack." he said. All
the men hailed in one voice. After the meeting we all
went back home, I got home
lupin was ready with her bag
by her side "lupin stop crying,
do this for us, when you get
to a safe haven do contact me," i said as i cuddled her
for the last time, kissing the
tears on her cheek away. I
helped
her up and we began the
journey through the night, atlast we got to the border
of our state then i watched
her
go in the darkness, it was
truly a painful sight, "silly war" i
screamed. I walked back home feeling Unclad, a
part
of me was gone.The dawn of
the day followed
with us launching our first land
attack. The General war lord dished out strategies
post to everyone as though
it were food, i clung to my
gun
battle ready and eraze the
thought of my missus off my mind for the time being. I had
to stay alive for her and my
unborn child,while everyone
of us took
strategic positions assigned to
us. We crawled through the bush path, atlast we got
to "No man's land" where the
Swamis were waiting battle
ready, soon the shooting
began, all sort of bombs were
used, bodies flew about due to the explosions. The Swamis
were losing ground,we took
advantage of this and we
striked even stronger, soon
they retreated but we didn't
follow as it maybe a trap. We settle down to declare our
next plan.
The next day, the battle
continued as the Swamis
came back in full force. The
shelling continued, dead bodies on
the
ground, blood mixed with the
soil, the sun was hotter than
usual, the rain refused to fall,
man killed man,weapon faced weapon, it was such a waste
of
time. War! War! I retreated to
the building in which i sit now
waiting for the bombing to go
low.Atlast it all came to an halt
and i sneak out wiping my
bloody
face, the air had been
polluted with the smell of blood. I
and few
of those who were alive went
back home with sadness all
over our faces. Few days ago
we were drumming and dancing
to the tunes of war, it came and
left us
with nothing but anguish and
pain, it is an everlasting scar.
In my house i sit on chair, placing
my hands on my chin,looking like
a deranged man, hoping and
praying my last treasures
are
still alive. She came through the
door, my
heart lept with joy when i
saw
her,but something was wrong
i couldn't stand, i felt i was
totally lame, i sat on my seat looking
at
her, the smiles on my face
forming, then i noticed her
once bulging stomach was now
back to normal, it was then i look
up
to her left hand, my eyes
travelling faster than light, i saw
the shiny white shawl of a
baby in her hand. "Teves, you made it
back alive" she said with
gladness. "yes i did, and is,
is ........" i said stammering for i
was short of words. "your
child! It is a he" she replied
completing the sentence for, I
was happy and didn't even know
what
to
do,may be to scream, i just sat
there calmly but merriment
was dancing around me,playing it
fine
tune. Lupin smiled back then
the smile changed to the opposite "sadness". "we have
to go." she
said with her voice trembling.
"go
where?" i asked confused.
"we have to go back, we do not belong here,not any
more."she said now crying,
strangely the
baby also started crying.
"lupin! What do you mean, you
know you are more than welcome
here, what is happening?" i
asked as i was also losing
voice."that night you left me
was the night your child was
to come into the world, there was no
one to aid me, i couldn't do it
alone, my spirit ran out of my
body, i gave up." lupin said
crying. My legs suddenly gain
back their strenght i stood from the chair i sat to move
closer,
the nearer i went the higher
the pitch of her voice and
that of the baby. Atlast i was
within her reach, i was about to grab
her when she said "Teves, i
am sorry,good bye." then
they disappeared. My hands
grabbed
nothing, i screamed then i was
back on my wooden chair
where i had sat, i was holding a
cup, it
was a dream or a trance. "
what a dream, lupid is dead!" my
brain interpreted it to me,
tears were
dripping down my eyes the
way
rain falls from the sky, "my last treasures have been
cast into the sea, how do i find
it?" i
asked myself as tears flowed.
"I raise my hands,
you raised yours too, we fought and fought, our
fist clenched, we grasped for air,
what do we gain? Nothing.
My sword is adorned
with blood of thousands
just because of a worthless point, we went to war. What is
the remains of it all,
nothing to live on,
nothing to live for." To my
dear Lupin and my
child goodbye but not for long as i
would soon join you, where
we
shall never be separated, not
even death would. I love you.
The End.

Thanks to divepen for the opportunity to post this here.



<<< The Relics Of War. (A Fiction)>>>

Boom! Boom!! The explosion
from the various destructive
metals rented the air, the
vibration that followed
showed they were from mass
destruction weapons. I ran blindly into a building on my
left to dodge the rain of
bullets and missiles travelling
in the air. From my hiding
place, i peeped to assess
what was going on. As my head
came into view a bullet pass
over my head i quickly
duck thanking my star. I sat
on the floor looking miserable
while the explosions went on, "is this the end?" i asked
myself. For years in Sun Bull
republic we have been singing
the war chant without
thinking of the effect it
would bring to our land, here is the war which has
escalated beyond our
control. I remembered the
night when the Swami ethnic
came to our part of the
country lauching an unwarrant attack on my
people, they burnt our
houses to the ground, killing
our finest and strongest men.
That night we couldn't sleep
as we watch them go. "war, war is what they want and
we shall give them in full
force." our regional governor
said in anger, everyone
echoed with one voice.
Immediately we all set to work, opening our
arsenal,strategising our
movement. I stood aloof
wondering if this was
necessary, could not there
be another means to solve this,when i told my people of
Toshi descendants my view
they
all shut me down and almost
label me a black
leg.There was nothing i could say they had already made
up their mind. The plan of
lauching a counter attack
was
being prepared by our
war lords. I ran home to my
last treasure on earth "my
missus", after the demise of
my parent, she was the last
treasure i had. I ran home
hoping like a frog along the way. "Lupin, park your loads,
the people have summoned
the god of war and have
refuse to listen to the words
of the god of peace." i
shouted as i got to the entrance of
my house. She
came out with her buldging
tommy in which lives my seed,
her face wore a sad look,
"Lupin i said pack your load i don't want to lose you too,
go,go far away from here." i
said facing elsewhere. "Tev---
es, you are coming too, don't
tell me you aren't, let us go
together, what will my earth be
without your sun to brighten
it?" she asked as
tears flow freely from her
eyes.I could not help it, i face
her not knowing what to do,i reach for her, "you have to
go,
go for me and our baby" i
pleaded. "What sort of thing
is
this?" i thought, "the war is already
having it effect on me, a
divided
family is in the making",i
thought.
"Teves i want to stay with you" she said
laying her head on my
chest. I pleaded with her till
she agreed, i planned to
transport her out of town by
mid night. I went back to the
town square where the
preparation went on. This
time the town square was full
to the brim and every of our
powerful arms and ammunition had been brought
out. I stood with my back to
a
palm tree, this was how i
lost my parent 20years ago,
this senseless war, i remember the day the
attackers came raiding our
house, My Mother Polata was
killed first while My Father
Tchadi son of the greatest
hunter of Toshi descendant fought to the end killing two
of
the attackers then he
breathe his last breath and
death wrapped him up. I
remembered the smirk and happiness on the face of one
of the fighters, as he led the
others away.That day was
the most brutal day of my
life,
and what did we gain from the war, it was waste
of lives upon lives. "Teves
what are you doing there?" i
was back to reality, i turn to
look a the speaker it was our
General Commander, "Nothing sir" i said keeping a straight
face. "why are you crying?"
he pressed further."tears,
no sir" i didn't even know i
was crying, then he came
closer laughing "don't tell me
you are afraid of the war" he
said. His words hit me and i
let it out like water, "Me
afraid? No sir i am not, but
don't you see this war is baseless,people are just going
to
die." this time he
wasn't smiling "baseless on
what fact, that they
attacked us first, that we are fighting to keep our
territorial integrity? Do you
call
that baseless, that these
same people killed your
parents eh? I heard you had other ideas but we are
fighting to protect
ourselves.No retreat no
surrender." he thundered "go
and join the others" he
ordered. I saluted and walked away. The Toshi ethnic group
was a communist state so we
do all things together, thus in
times like this everyman
automatically becomes a
militia. I marched towards the others who were busy
working out plans upon plans,
I sat down, "somewhere in
Swami
a plan similar to this is
being carried out." i thought. "if this how we are going to
save our territory, i better
give a helping hand atleast
for my parent and pray
there
are little casualties on our side." i said to myself, I
soon join the others in the
preparation. By Night fall, Our
Regional governor came to
address us, " My great
people of Toshi, it is time to fight,
the spies we sent out
gathered that the Swami
people are also ready,so at
dawn tommorrow,we lauch
our first land attack." he said. All
the men hailed in one
voice. After the meeting we all
went back home, I got home
lupin was ready with her bag
by her side "lupin stop crying,
do this for us, when you get
to a safe haven do contact
me," i said as i cuddled her
for the last time, kissing the
tears on her cheek away. I
helped
her up and we began the journey through the night,
atlast we got to the border
of our state then i watched
her
go in the darkness, it was
truly a painful sight, "silly war" i screamed. I walked
back home feeling Unclad, a
part
of me was gone.The dawn of
the day followed
with us launching our first land attack. The General war
lord dished out strategies
post to everyone as though
it were food, i clung to my
gun
battle ready and eraze the thought of my missus off my
mind for the time being. I had
to stay alive for her and my
unborn child,while everyone
of us took
strategic positions assigned to us. We crawled through
the bush path, atlast we got
to "No man's land" where the
Swamis were waiting battle
ready, soon the shooting
began, all sort of bombs were used, bodies flew about due
to the explosions. The Swamis
were losing ground,we took
advantage of this and we
striked even stronger, soon
they retreated but we didn't follow as it maybe a trap. We
settle down to declare our
next plan.
The next day, the battle
continued as the Swamis
came back in full force. The shelling
continued, dead bodies on
the
ground, blood mixed with the
soil, the sun was hotter than
usual, the rain refused to fall, man killed man,weapon faced
weapon, it was such a waste
of
time. War! War! I retreated to
the building in which i sit now
waiting for the bombing to go low.Atlast it all came to an
halt
and i sneak out wiping my
bloody
face, the air had been
polluted with the smell of blood. I and
few
of those who were alive went
back home with sadness all
over our faces. Few days ago
we were drumming and dancing to the
tunes of war, it came and
left us
with nothing but anguish and
pain, it is an everlasting scar.
In my house i sit on chair, placing my hands on my
chin,looking like
a deranged man, hoping and
praying my last treasures
are
still alive. She came through the door,
my
heart lept with joy when i
saw
her,but something was wrong
i couldn't stand, i felt i was totally
lame, i sat on my seat looking
at
her, the smiles on my face
forming, then i noticed her
once bulging stomach was now
back
to normal, it was then i look
up
to her left hand, my eyes
travelling faster than light, i saw
the shiny white shawl of a
baby in her hand. "Teves, you
made it
back alive" she said with
gladness. "yes i did, and is, is ........" i said stammering for i
was short of words. "your
child!
It is a he" she replied
completing the sentence for, I
was happy and didn't even know what
to
do,may be to scream, i just
sat
there calmly but merriment
was dancing around me,playing it
fine
tune. Lupin smiled back then
the smile changed to the
opposite "sadness". "we have
to go." she
said with her voice trembling.
"go
where?" i asked confused.
"we have to go back, we do
not belong here,not any
more."she said now crying,
strangely the
baby also started crying.
"lupin! What do you mean, you
know you are more than welcome
here, what is happening?" i
asked as i was also losing
voice."that night you left me
was the night your child was
to come into the world, there was no
one to aid me, i couldn't do it
alone, my spirit ran out of my
body, i gave up." lupin said
crying. My legs suddenly gain
back their strenght i stood from
the chair i sat to move
closer,
the nearer i went the higher
the pitch of her voice and
that of the baby. Atlast i was
within her reach, i was about
to grab
her when she said "Teves, i
am sorry,good bye." then
they disappeared. My hands
grabbed
nothing, i screamed then i
was
back on my wooden chair
where i had sat, i was holding a cup, it
was a dream or a trance. "
what
a dream, lupid is dead!" my
brain interpreted it to me,
tears were
dripping down my eyes the
way
rain falls from the sky, "my
last treasures have been
cast into the sea, how do i find it?" i
asked myself as tears flowed.
"I raise my hands,
you raised yours too,
we fought and fought, our
fist clenched, we grasped for air,
what do we gain? Nothing.
My sword is adorned
with blood of thousands
just because of a worthless
point, we went to war. What is
the remains of it all,
nothing to live on,
nothing to live for." To my
dear Lupin and my
child goodbye but not for long as i
would soon join you, where
we
shall never be separated, not
even death would. I love you. The End.