Peace and piss may have similar sounds, but they mean different things. While the former signifies absolute tranquillity, a state of mind or place, the latter signifies chaos and a state of disorder. Also, peace is a careful thought out plan; piss is a spontaneous action – a kind of reaction to an ugly incident that needs to be corrected.
Humanity is not just a song, but a prayer answered to enable us leave together in peace without rancour and chaos. How is that possible if we see ourselves only from the selfish part of colour and not collectively as a whole? How do we live together as one when we wear hatred as a traditional regalia every day? We are humans and not aliens who thrive on green blood cells or yellow blood cells, but we survive on the same haemoglobins in different skin colours for a purpose. These were made the way they are for the purpose of balance and not for incessant upheavals where nations challenge nations in a show of supremacy and dominance.
Humanity is a puzzle and the earlier we understood that Wickedness Against Relationships (WAR) is the missing link and reason while we are torn apart, the better we begin to understand a way around this puzzle. If humanity did not just become but has an origin, then there should be a better way we can live together harmoniously. Even the human body has a way of healing after some form of attacks by shedding bad cells and regenerating weaker ones. This is mutual relationship and that is what we need to survive here on earth. We are not agents of genocides aimed at wiping out a particular race or tribe in order to enforce our supremacy. It is absolute madness when a man sees his neighbour who has lived in peace with him as threat to his survival. I know this goes beyond the surface, but something led to this. What is the struggle all about? Where do we go from here? Are we not tired of the incessant killings so far in the world? Are we not tired of trying to make a people to think in a certain way of life? This world may be plunged into chaos while in search of peace that remains elusive.
We are more than just a tribe, we are the missing puzzle to a unit we call humanity. How we place these pieces together to form a healthy unit is up to us as individuals to decipher. For individuals form the nucleus of the society and a part of this nucleus make decisions that affect a lot of humans locally and globally. These humans charged with these noble responsibilities to make laws and govern a group of people should have a humane heart to lead and not an ulterior motive to annihilate the smile and joy from humanity that keeps us together as one. This is very important because when the drums of war will be sounded, it will affect everybody. The old and the young, those who are healthy and those who are sick will not be spared either. The spirit of war has no respect for even a new born baby. This is the harsh reality and the sooner we begin to understand the true meaning of life that is when we begin to value it.
Coexistence has always been a major problem in population control and the need to establish dominance has also been a problem. This is not farfetched in a nation where other tribes are considered as minority and the ruling tribe exert dominance with the resources of the majority. This is another version of dictatorship buttered with hatred and disgust for the growth and expansion of other tribes.
Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
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