1. They cried

Shedding bitter tears
For days unending
For hours rolling into
Eternity,
Hoping for that miracle-
Rescue!

2. Thousands the world over
Screamed-
Rescue!
Several marched
Through streets
The world over
Screaming-
Rescue!
While Chibok bled
From the stab
Of hate

3. Now muffled
Are their voices
Gagged
By terror
After screaming
For a year,
Their souls
Battered beyond
Imagination

4. How can we
Fail to remember
The seeds of
Glory
From Chibok,
The hearts bleeding
For Nigeria?

5. How can we
Cease to shed
Tears
And wail
For Chibok?
Even if
It takes
Forever!

6. We want forests
Combed
We want hideouts
Attacked
We want our treasures
Rescued
We want terror
Floored!

7. We wish
To wake up
Someday
From this acerbic dream
And told
It never happened
That Chibok
Was never
Robbed!
If only…

8. We wish
To be told
The tears
Were never
Shed,
That the
Government
Didn’t fail us…
That t’was
All a dream!
If only…

9. We wish
To be told
That no parent
Died
Of anguish
While awaiting
The return
Of a child,
That our
Daughters
Never bled
In chains,
That t’was all
A dream!
If only…

10. We wish
We can safely
Tell our children
That the bombs
Are gone
With the sour
Dream,
That they can now
Return to their
Schools
Without the fear
Of death!
If only…

11. Our missing
Daughters
Are not just
Flesh
And bones
And blood…
They are jewels
We have sorely
Missed!
12. Through Chibok
Nigeria will bleed
Forever…
Chibok will remain
A wound
That will be fresh
Forever…
Though the damage
Has been done
Already,
We still want
Our daughters
Back…
No matter
Who they’ve
Become,
Our outstretched arms
Are waiting
To embrace them,
To wipe
The tears,
To nurse the wound-
CHIBOK!
Please #BringBackOurGirls

Soyombo Ayomikun tweets from @alabaster85