The Time is Now!

By Nkiru Oh

Children are crying!
People are dying!
Bomb blasts here and there!
Gun shots adding their share!
Enemies are within!
Instigators are without!
Where do we run to?
Where is safe?
Neither the East nor the West;
Fear in the South;
Confusion in the North!
The world is watching!
What are we waiting for?
Another Rwanda?
Does Sudan ring a bell?
How about Somalia?
How about Kosovo?
Sierra Leone and Liberia still sound like yesterday!
Libya not yet recovered!
Egypt and Syria still in the woods!
Arise fellow Nigerians, our country is in shambles!
Gird your loins, Oh ye peace-lovers!
The task is hard, the journey is long!
Pick up the pieces, wipe your tears!
The odds are many
But united we prevail!
Distrust and disunity have hindered us for so long!
The time is now!
To say No to our detractors!
The time is now!
To reclaim what is ours!
Nigeria is ours!
Please let us not let Nigeria die!
The time is now...