We once called them fools
Aboki, we would laugh in jibs
Grandma would laugh out his ribs like a crab in a crib
We pulled forces, to the pool we pushed, and in laughter we ran





But then, their cutlasses were for grasses
Their cows led at midnight in bushes
They pleaded, and passed forests without bashes
We enjoyed their fellowship, we even exchanged calabashes





AND NOW THEY CAME





The herdsmen headed straight to my home
In Agatu, they looted Adamu's only inheritance
They slaughtered his servants like a sickle on a suya
Even in Delta, they dealt with their lecturer
My grandmother was grounded like a groundnut on the ground
Their obejili blistered, and grandma groaned
AND yet another, the 10th!! She died





Are you watching, I cried to the government
We are not surrendering, we have our man in government
Do I cry to the church, even imams are now reverends
Have they not littered with letters of threat, our basement
Even Dss have failed to protect our people
Our oracles were not pitied, non again to consult
Our scrotum has been crushed in our own huts





Has Coexistence exited from our essence?
TUFIAKWA! We the owners are asking to be accommodated
In our land, we beg not to be evicted
Our farmlands crushed
Our ultimatum ignored
Our court actions quashed
Our gods desecrated
To your hand lies your faith O! Southerners.

Cc:lalasticlala.
Kindly shift to the appropriate place.