1.If you think
The Chibok girls
Were kidnapped 100 days ago
You are wrong
2.The first day
That Boko Haram bombed Nigeria
Then the Chibok girls got kidnapped
Though they were with us
3.The very day
That students got slaughtered in their sleep
Then the Chibok girls got kidnapped
Though they were with us
4.The first day
That we began deceiving ourselves
Stabbing fellow Nigerians from behind
Then they got kidnapped
Though they were with us
5.A 100 days
We’ve seen the sun rise
We’ve seen the sun set
We’ve seen empty rooms
We’ve had visual hallucinations
We’ve heard voices
Of the long lost
The Chibok beauties
6.A 100 days
We’ve seen a nation cry
We’ve seen the world cry
Trying to imagine the horror
Asphyxiating the Niger area
We’ve seen sadness
We’ve tasted grief
We’ve asked questions
Still we are asking questions
7.Very long 100 days
Like a 100 years
Some parents of the girls
In grief have found death
Some others
In grief have found diseases
Hopeless they’ve become
Within their walls
Insanity
Gradually drowning their future
8.A 100 days
Of the sun standing still
A 100 days
Of a gruesome baptism of fire
We’ve pinched ourselves severally
To jerk ourselves out of this gory dream
But then this dream breathes
This dream is alive
This dream is causing us tears
This dream is killing us
This dream is no dream
9.To everyone
Who keeps fighting this course
Labouring day & night
To see the girls released
Thank you
To the world leaders
Who have stood by us despite all
Thank you
For the prayers from around the globe
Thank you
To our innocent soldiers
Who have been sent to confront terror
In the hardest of circumstances
Thank you
To the beautiful souls
Who keep gathering at Unity Fountain Abuja
Beneath the blazing sun
Daring chilling heavy rains
Nigeria says
Thank you
But then
We are yet to win
10.”Bring back our girls”
Still remains our chant
Bring back our freedom
Bring back our dignity
Bring back our beauty
Bring back our smiles
Bring back our dreams
To our president we say
Bring back our sanity
11.The girls
Are curled up somewhere
Waiting
Panting
Their hearts heavy with fear
Their limbs weakened by terror
Their souls drained of hope
Their voices gone
We remain their hope
We are their voices
We are their saviours
Reason why we have to keep demanding
Bring back our girls
Now and alive!
Soyombo Ayomikun tweets from @alabaster85