AFTER NOW. Written by Comrade Reginald Ifeanyi Chiekezi

After now, dear Lord
I would throw these questions at you:
Why have you turned the other way?
Why don't you come down here anymore
at night to rest?
Why don't you speak with command
in our time?
Dear Lord, have you joined the league
of our merciless leaders?

After now, dear Lord
I would throw these questions at you:
Why have you forsaken us?
Why can't there be peace in our land?
Why do you now plead to brutish mortals?
Dear Lord, have they bought you over
with my country's juicy loot?

After now, dear Lord
I would throw these questions at you:
Have you gone extinct?
Have these worldly princes subverted
your kingdom?
Are you a religious creation to delude
Mankind?
Dear Lord, do you find delight
in blood spilling?

After now, dear Lord
I would throw these questions at you:
Should patience be considered a virtue
where oppression thrives?
Is it not cowardice to turn the other cheek
in the face of mounting abuse?
If we don't react, won't we all be doomed?
Dear Lord, why didn't you just let them be;
Why push down their tables
when they desecrated the temple?

After now, dear Lord
I would ask no more!
Humbly, I'll copy your way
Since you are the way.
I'll robe myself in armour
and push through all rank
Till I purge our land of filth.
Dear Lord, I will neither seek
counsel of elites nor traducer's;
I'll awake street love to cleanse our land

After now, dear Lord
I'll enthrone love upon fatherland
But would return to you with a penitent heart
Holding twelve basketful of thankfulness.
Wreaths would surround the beds
of dethroned folks
Conquered on redemption day.
Dear Lord, you already know
that an egg must break
for new life to be born.

After now, dear Lord
I would send them back to you.
Host them in your Father's mansion(s)
-they too, are your adopted children;
And after an hour
with these vicious souls
Dear Lord, you'll hail us
for condoning their bodily mess- over time

   -CHIEKEZI REGINALD (19th April, 2017)

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