A Veil Of Fire Poem by Emeka GOC Ogaraku

A Veil of Fire
In the shadows of Nigeria's vibrant cities
And enterprising people spurn out of universities
In this vast rural expanses, a silent war brewing.
Carnages; archaic rituals simmers beneath the surfaces
Screening the very essence of civilized faces
War woven in barbaric fear and resilience still brewing.
A Veil of Fire
The desperate yearnings for peace and prosperity
Penetrates not, this turbulent reality in the posterity
Offering an unflinching, meticulously questioning opportunity
Researching and exploring this religious- terror's altitude-dity
Foundation ramifications, roots in contemporary community
A Veil of Fire
Its like a tempest sweeping through our fragile landscape,
Peaceful people captured in the clash unable to escape
The war between religious, ideology and humanity-ies
Illuminating struggles across crossfire of community-ies.
A Veil of Fire
Tough- rough press, blurred narratives, help create confusion, Penetrating the annals of reasoning historical narratives
Citizens and readers transported into the illusion of reality
Bleeding hearts, unable to tell their stories, their reality
A conflict fraught with fraud, complexity and nuance.
A Veil of Fire
Thick atmosphere tensioned in awkward circumstance
Punctuated by rare moments and rare hope
Where courage flickers amid devastating rope.
A Veil of Fire
The press compelled to work of distraction by govt
In conniving, collaborating in chilling partnership
The violence reveals using indomitable power of govt
Against independent peoples spirited partnership
In seeking to break into pieces, this devils cycle.
A Veil of Fire
Stands as a contributing beacon in the cycle
To unravelling quench of the quagmire's cycle
And redesigning understandings of this landscape
Correcting the obscured fear effect of escapes.