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#EndSARS

KingCyril Ita: “Nightfall In Lekki”

By KingCyril Ita on November 25, 2020 in Poetry

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NIGHTFALL IN LEKKI

Never talk of peace and justice to me
When i am a helpless voice
Preyed upon by a heartless pharaoh
Nightfall has come
This land is in doom
And i am the lamb slain in this land of helplessness
You still have a cause to fight
So do not slumber that death held me tight
Live and live, do not in love stay apart
For tonight, it is my own last night.

With their gestapo approach
They murder us with no reproach
Nightfall in Nigeria
We are the citizens whose lives
in this hell, we are made to yell
Every night we are in the streets
Slaughtered by this tartarian agents.

Where is my right?
What is my crime?
Gnashing of teeth, the pharaoh rules
Rights denied, i am a woman in pains of parturition
So now that i died in this hellish land
For the course so just, let my blood
no matter how dark the night is be a reason to never slumber
For nightfall has come, do not be in coma.

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KingCyril Ita

KingCyril Ita

KingCyril Ita is an undergraduate student of History And International Studies in the University of Uyo, Uyo. He had his secondary education in Enwang Comprehensive Secondary School, Enwang in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. He is a prolific writer, Poet, Spoken words Artiste and Coach who derives joys in serving mankind with creativity. He's a brain behind a consortium of creative minds known as Pendynasty-Nigeria. He has written so many unpublished poems and about two unpublished novels.

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