Tollgate Killing Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBAB CDDEF BGHBG IJJIF| We cried for a change yet rage | A |
| We complained still a lot of pain | B |
| In a cage that causes stain | B |
| Pretty pitied pre occupied cage | A |
| Leaders in their deceitful lane | B |
| - | |
| Claiming to curb what they are | C |
| Come let's curse the accursed | D |
| Enough of we being rejected | D |
| Twinkling stars and hope of tomorrow | E |
| To bring change we went together | F |
| - | |
| Obviously we crossed our lane | B |
| Butchered down like Fulani cows | G |
| Many were fallen in the rows | H |
| Bloody yet steady tears in our own lane | B |
| Are we now better off than cows | G |
| - | |
| Thereafter nothing was done | I |
| The present and the future are now enemies | J |
| We were suppose to be families | J |
| To silent the future they have done | I |
| On the shoulder of the present lies the future | F |
Christianah Eneze
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 09/06/2021
Poet's note: This poem was written in memory of the Nigerian youths that were killed in Lagos because of a peaceful protest that they did.
It is written 2021 in memory of the deceased youths.
A feeling of sadness mixed with anger against the military personnels that killed our youths.
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