The Blood of Nigeria
THE BLOOD OF NIGERIA
The innocent ones are killed
Whose lives have been cut short
People are running for their dear lives
The prisoners have escaped
The police shoot at innocent ones
As if we are made of wood
Needless to care about our lives
One stood up and held up the National flag
But…it…is smeared by their own blood
They stood up to end….
SARS!
Police brutality!!!
Yet some are being killed
Because they stood up
To fight for what is right
In most of the states in Nigeria
We continue to protest against
Bad Governance!!!
End SARS!!!
Police brutality!!!
Until a new Nigeria is born
About this poem
The poem portrays the evil of police brutality and the consequent youth action to stop it.
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Written on October 24, 2020
Submitted by anitaomorebokhae on September 03, 2022
Modified on March 14, 2023
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| Scheme | a bxcxxxcxxxdEbxxaxxdEx |
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 594 |
| Words | 114 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 21 |
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