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barbecue, Death, disaster, Fire, Ghana, Inferno, jigsaw puzzle, John Mahama, torrential rain
Dedicated to the 200 and over Ghanaians who lost their lives in a raging fire on June 3, 2015 during torrential rains. http://www.myjoyonline.com/news/2015/June-4th/death-toll-in-twin-fire-flood-disaster-hits-200.php
Inferno
they say we must be careful what we wish for
but one must wish, must one not? and dream
and if our dreams turn into a nightmare
must we not jolt from the horror,
wish away the terror and continue dreaming?
for one day the dream will turn into a reality.
a reality, their reality!
unimaginable!
yes but a reality nonetheless
of heaven opening its mouth and gushing rain
a metamorphosing inferno.
and in the aftermath,
the politicians play jigsaw puzzle with words, promises!
and we the citizens we gasp, wail, bare our teeth in morbid stupefaction.
we shake our heads and mumble had I known!
we keep wake for the charred human barbecue,
200 and still counting.
do we rail at fate, God or our own ineptitude?
this is one khebab we cannot chew and swallow.
we did not wish for it, after all.
Copyright © Celestine Nudanu 05/06/15
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I’m so sad to read this, my husband showed me in the morning before I left for work, so sad….
Sandra. Sad is an understatement. Even now as I am writing, the rains are pouring. First cycle schools have closed down because we are expecting more showers.
Yesterday as I watched the devastation on TV, I could only gasp, speechless!
I felt so utterly sad, it’s even better to be drenched in the rain than burnt. May their souls rest in peace.
Amen, Sandra. Thanks so much my sister. 🙂
Cele, thanks for putting my feelings and that of others into Words. The pain of the recent tragedy in Ghana is hard to fathom. Thank you, Cele.
Ow, Sylvia, you need not thank me. The pain is our pain, my dear, you and I and everybody else like you said. The whole country is numb! We welcomed the rains as we thought it would fill the Akosombo dam to end the Dumsor, but we did not bargain for this.
All we say is God knows best. May the earth lie gently on the departed.
it tears at my heart
Oh Paul!
An amazing poem. Perfectly reflects the Accra explosion.
Thank you Nana. A tragedy! 🙂
My heart goes out to those whose lives were lost. My continued prayers for you and your countrymen. Your words do convey the horrors.
Thanks so much Kimmy. Indeed we are still counting the loss.
Very beautiful, Celestine. So descriptive and vivid of the horror of what happened, and the despair, and questions of ‘why’. A lot of things that happen we always want to ask why and how, and sometimes we just have to expect God to know why they happen when we do not. But, in everything I just think we all must be ready to go at any given time, our heart and soul ready to meet Him because we never know when or where our time will come.
Joyce, thanks so much for the lovely comment. Indeed as Christians, we look upon death as but a transition.
And we mourn too as one with the hope of joining our great Father one day. 🙂 Yes since we do not know when that will be we should be always prepared
Such disasters only serve to show us our mortality and indeed our helplessness as human beings, especially so when we do not have Christ.
Lovely weekend, my friend. 🙂
Thank you, You have a good one too, Celestine.
It’s very sad. My heart goes out to the people who have lost their family in this event. May Almighty bless those families with patience and strength.
-Naima
Naima, thank you so much for your kind words. 🙂
What a sad event. I saw that in the news. This is a great tribute.
Thank you Kiru. 🙂 The whole country is numbed!
you have put the words that needed to be said to a tragedy that none can sooth.
Thank you for your words, Leslie 🙂
So heartbreaking. Your poem expresses the numbness in a powerful way.
Tiny, thank you.
it was horrible accident! may their souls and their families find peace, consolation!
Amen. Than you Trisha. We are still reeling from it all. 🙂
Oh Celestine, you pen with such feeling a tragedy no one would want to witness. My prayers go out to your countrymen and. Those who have lost their lives. Blessings
Thank you so much for your words. 🙂
So very sad.
May they rest in peace.
Amen, Rosy. Thanks for sympathy. 🙂