This is our War.

The voice of a child wailing in the dark
Alone, afraid and running through trees
The voices of children crying in the night
Our children were taken in the night
The newborns are screaming in horror
Our country is bleeding, bleeding life
Nigeria is bleeding, bleeding blood
These goons have come to raze
They announced war unbidden
On children, on us, on children
The soldiers are fallen
New owls are nesting
History is watching
This is our war


Bring back our girls safely home
Don't stay there wandering lost
On creeks that have no water
On hearths that have no fire
This is the tale of our times
That terror has called for war
Charring bodies, weeping camps
Crying corpses, hovering spirits
Shattered limbs and creaking bones
Child down, soldier down
Blood upon blood and earth upon earth
What have you done, you dumb haggard hawks
Snatching buds before they could bloom
breaking blameless souls in battle
Swallowing dreams on drying lakes
Where have you kept our children


The voice of a child in fright and in pain
Sleeping land, war has come upon you
The guns are striking the people
Your masquerades are soundless
The goons have murdered sleep
Now nights are filled with terror
Come nigh and sound the cannon
Launch on hills of the savannah
Go on and bring back our honor
For the people who cast for you
Don't stay here giving speeches
Bring back home to Nigeria
The warriors are fallen
Brown owls re smirking
This is our war
To fight..

(This was written during  bringbackourgirls)