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Poem by Shery and Shehzy twin sister on Independence Day

Nigeria! Oh, that the vision of our founders, may not die in our own time.

In the Villanelle form, as is Flanders Fields.

The young generation who fought the latest war knows the futility of war better than anyone else knows it. They stand at their fellow warriors' graves and remember why they died. They alone can tell future populations of that futility, but will that population listen? Will they learn?

So many men come home from war, only to find that war will not leave them alone. The constant fear and threat in the mind is impossible to bear. Suicide is their answer. So, DO SOMETHING!!

I was a Machinist Mate in the Navy, and this one goes out to all my fellow engineers.

This is dedicated to those who have fought for what is underappreciated, freedom