A kiss for The Chibok Girls <br />Taken without consent <br />Nor permitted to say goodbye <br />To loved one and neighborhood folks <br />In the dead of the night <br />By the hand of wicked men <br />Who were defiant to their cries <br />Cries for mercy and compassion <br />But shouting and shooting <br />To keep their cries muffled <br />Silently they were taken out <br />And carried away to the unknown. <br /> <br />A kiss for The Chibok Girls <br />For daring to flee to safety <br />Not knowing if the staccato of bullets <br />Will cut them down <br />Only to run yet into the unknown <br />Through the bushes of darkness <br />Fearing and silently weeping <br />Hoping the darkness would pass <br />That light may shine on them <br />To see the dawn of another day <br /> <br />A kiss for The Chibok Girls <br />Who have become a symbol of hope <br />For a nation hanging on to the hope of oneness <br />Though forcefully taken into oblivion <br />Yet, speaking so loudly <br />For everyone to hear <br />Through the voices of many <br />Both within and outside of our shores <br />Bringing the conglomerate of peoples and nations <br />Demanding 'Bring Back Our Girls' <br /> <br />A kiss for The Chibok Girls <br />Holding on while the world races <br />A race of destiny to their rescue <br />Holding on in the face of abuses and molestations <br />Holding on in the face of fearful conversions <br />Holding on in the face of threat and starvation <br />You gave us courage to silently cry out and PUSH on <br /> <br />A kiss for The Chibok Girls <br />Taunted to be sold into slavery <br />By the deranged and the scum <br />Yet silently refusing to backdown <br />Willing to pay the supreme price <br />The world is waiting for you <br />Waiting for the return of our girls <br />How can we dare to sleep <br />How can we dare to rest <br />Until you are returned to us <br />A kiss for The Chibok Girls.<br /><br />David Oladipupo Olorunshola<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-kiss-for-the-chibok-girls/
