Chapter 5: An Elegy to the Abducted Nigerian School Girls
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Published:2020
Rita Akin-Otiko, 2020. "An Elegy to the Abducted Nigerian School Girls", United We Stand: The Role of Spirituality in Engaging and Healing Communities, Dannielle Joy Davis
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Suddenly! Tata-ra! Tata-ra! Tata-ra! Tata-ra! Tata-ra! Tata-ra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The night’s subtle peace swiftly escaped into the dark while chaos eagerly engulfed the modest lair.
As deafening echoes from fanatics’ malicious, intoxicated guns disrupted the tranquil, naïve air.
Zealots struck un-announced, loosening anarchy upon a lowly, solitary, teen learning land.
Viciously rousing from slumber, damsels freely sleeping like delicate, defenseless strand.
Their ranting rage, twirling hysterically caused the poor lassies to run helter-skelter!
In slaying and suppression reside the vipers’ ambitious toll and celestial shelter!
Zealots so vile, they coerced and captured in the name of a fanatical creed!
Their untamed fury on harmless souls they unleashed and decreed!
