#BringBackOurGirlsNow
We’ve endured the pain for so long
But our feeling is still strong
There’s still hope for us
Our girls will return to us
Our hearts weep
And we hardly sleep
Our girls are still missing
And we keep thinking and crying
365 days in bondage
At a very young age
I swear I can’t bear it
But our girls are bearing the heat
Tears in my eyes
I wish I could pay the price
For the freedom of our girls
Our precious pearls
Nobel Peace Prize Winner for 2014, Malala campaigning against the kidnapping of the Chibok girls. Source: internet images.
We don’t even know where they are
Near or far
That’s the most painful part
That pierces my heart
I know what the mothers cry for
But I can’t explain the agony and the horror
Of losing a daughter in one night
Without being able to give a fight
It took Malala’s words
For our president to search for our wards
We protested
Wept and demonstrated
Bring back our girls Now!
But we still hope
Even in pain we still cope
Until our daughters
Return to their mothers.
#ChibokGirls
#NeverToBeForgotten
© 2015 by DURODOLA Folarin
Dedicated to the more than 200 Chibok girls kidnapped in North-Eastern Nigeria on April 14, 2014.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Durodola Folarin Quadri. Born on the first of January 1991. I attended the university of Ibadan as a student of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering. Editor-in-Chief of the departmental press organisation. I like books and one of the best I ever read was Living, Loving and Learning by Professor Felice Leonardo Buscaglia. I enjoy sports and computer games. Poetry gives me succour when I write about how I feel. Most times I write based on real situations because they inspire me more than imagination. I’m quiet and sometimes I’m being labelled as shy, while some simply say I’m an introvert.
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