Farewell, Oh Plague
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Fell in some unconscious revel
With all my senses quite feeble.
But I was roused up to discover
That some virus paused the world.
T'will fade away in no time—
Just some vainly uttered oracle.
For months passed in a while,
And weeks just drifted by.
I looked and observed through my lens;
The world was shrouded in silence.
And my ears were keenly opened
To eerie cries and theories spread.
Natural cause or terrorism,
Some leaked weapon or whatever tis,
Our world since breeds some raging panic
As death slowly invades our fabric.
I, regardless of these, a gauntlet throw
To you who has stilled and quaked our realm
The' nduring strengths of ours o'er time tested
Will prevail though our last bechanced by woe
Then this time I'll soar than a copter
With all my senses brewed with fervour
I will rise to joyfully divulge
How our bleeding world quenched a scourge
—Written by Elisha Oluyemi
(Originally published by Nnoko Stories.)
