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 </div><p></p><figure id="attachment_11161" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-11161" style="width: 314px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://wordsrhymesandrhythm.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/let-go-of-them.png"><img class=" wp-image-11161" src="http://wordsrhymesandrhythm.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/let-go-of-them.png" alt="www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let Go Of Them]" width="314" height="293" loading="lazy"></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-11161" class="wp-caption-text">www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry <strong>[Let Go Of Them]</strong></figcaption></figure>Sleep has been stolen from our eyes<br>
And our pillows are soaked with tears<br>
Shall we continue to live in fear?<br>
No! We shall be bold and arise
<p>For our eyes are already swollen from weeping<br>
Sobbing and searching<br>
How long shall we wait<br>
For our land to be cleansed from this evil fate?</p>
<p>Fathers have refused to hit the hay<br>
Mothers wail and weep all day<br>
Concerned Citizens gathered to protest and pray<br>
But still you are adamant, saying “Nay”.<!--more--></p>
<p>Why transport them like Nomads looking for pasture?<br>
Why tamper with their glowing future?<br>
There’s no more time for dialogue or prattles<br>
The line has been drawn for battle</p>
<p>We’ve all made a vow, never to rest<br>
To fight you with our very best<br>
Until our Yaariyans are out of the forest<br>
And out of your deadly nest</p>
<p><strong>* Yaariya means girl in Hausa language.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:right;"><em>Written by: Okeme Jerome Akpevwe Rykardo</em><br>
<em>Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson</em></p>
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