For this cause



Demons hatched from isolated shell
Has brought down to us hell
Simple men with simple lives
Introverts, quiet and withdrawn
Summoned to fight this cause

Trained as suicide bombers
Bomb strapped around their own bodies
Airplane hijacked
They blew up the twin tower
Train stations, church cathedrals
Prominent, crowded places
where the next target

Terror is the weapon of warfare
To achieve this extreme ideology
Annihilation of the Semitic race
They saw this as a good cause
Worthy to sacrifice their own lives
This belief that their reward is in paradise
Seventy-two virgins and loads of purest wine
To enjoy in the life beyond
Allahu Akbar

So they reeled out the charter
The words spoken were fire
Which burned deep in their hearts
And flame up a greater jihad
For all infidels must pay the price
Those traitors who aligned with the Jews
Must lose their lives
Allahu Akbar

This is the spirit of Assyria at work
Evil powers in high places
With unquenchable thirst for human blood
Addicted to killing, destroying
And unleashing terror without respite

Now we began to negotiate with Iblis
To appease his proud pomposity
First, we offered back the prisoners
And ask them to release the hostages
We offered them crude oil, gold and silver
Anything we could give as exchange, we gave
But will they ever let go, I doubt it
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Written on June 29, 2023

Submitted by Benny11 on June 29, 2023

Modified by Benny11 on May 08, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aabxc dxxexfx xgxcbhxxE eexxhxbE xfxxi bgdfexi
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,324
Words 235
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 9, 8, 5, 7

Benson Chukwueke

Owerri, Nigeria since 1971. This is how I process and express my innermost cogitations; sitting back with pen and paper, painting words and polishing them until they become flowered verses. I guess for these actions, I could be called a poet or what do think? more…

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