Jos Killing Happenings
Myself and other concerned Nigerians walked into the scenes of the attacks and nothing could have prepared our hearts for what we saw
The ground cried louder than the people
Every step we took was on blood
Not because we wanted to but because innocent lives had been poured out like water before our eyes
We stood with the people of Angwan Rukuba
Their cries pierced the heavens
Mothers wailing
Fathers broken
Young men standing in shock not knowing whether to scream or to collapse
We tried to speak but our voices trembled
How do you comfort people standing in the middle of such pain
From there we rushed to Jos University Teaching Hospital
The sight there was even more heartbreaking
Bodies torn
Lives hanging by a thread
Eyes filled with fear and silent questions
We held their hands
We prayed
We cried with them
One man looked at us
Shot by a gun
His face brutally cut open by a machete
Blood still fresh
Pain written all over him
Yet he was still breathing
Still hoping
Still fighting to live
From there we went to the morgue
Brethren what we saw there cannot be explained
Cold bodies lined up
Lifeless
Silent
Men women children
People who had dreams yesterday
People who laughed just hours before
Now gone
The air was heavy
Our hearts shattered
Tears refused to stop
Brethren how long will this continue?
How long will innocent blood keep crying from the ground
It is time to wake up
It is time to rise
May the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace Amen


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