"Brothers in arms" by Nwosu Uzoma

This is the end where it all began

The shores whence it unsank

Alone on this melancholy train

I stood forlorn, filled with disdain

Hatred consumed my soul

And anger burnt like fresh coal

For it was on this spot

We took our first shot

We were filled with life and young

And the taste for victory in our head rung

We fought for God and for country

For one, all, and for sundry.

Oh! Silent night

When bullets came from all corners like disco lights

I still hear the cries of Captain Philip

It haunts me still in my sleep.

And my friend Wallace

As his brain flew all over the place.

I wish I died that day

I wouldn’t have to die every day

As brothers in arms so we stand

No man gets left behind.

As I stood alone

Exactly were used to be our home

The same spot

We had our first shot

I smiled, this is the beginning where it all ends.

Nwosu Uzoma is a 400-level student of Law at Imo State University, Imo.