The shells of doom burst
And again death spells
Grave letters for men
Deep grief’s flaunt our eyes
We run out of tears.
We boast richness
Richness in deaths
Massacres’ peak
On fields of blood.
We want peace
We war peace
Wars kill peace.
We brawl
Bleed and
Die.
Goodness Lanre Ayoola (b. 1989) hails from Osun State, Nigeria and lives in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He is a teacher of English language. His poems are published and reviewed on poetry sites and online magazines. He loves to work with great minds.
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