Skywards my bleeding eyes sees
Bleak weather, the goats strolling in their numbers
The birds hovering backwards
Strokes the wind that blows my toga
Alas! I still have a companion.
Even the dancing Iroko
On whom I fought many wars with kindred spirits
Pauses its chubby waist at my sight.
The river couldn't stop sighing when I stoop to drink
Only the fishes stroke the waters to sight me
I hissed I still have an admirer.
Though my beauty couldn't attract the mermaid
Familiars look downwards at my toes
Sniffing my dust with hate
My cries, that of a rejected Abiku
Nobody understands, only then the nightingale sings
Toh! Someone still cares.
Replacing people and cursing my chi
Became my lots, nothing moves me anymore
Then I found love in her
When she said she is lost too.
From my hollow skull
The rhythm of Ikoro glides motion from me
"He dances their coven dance", they said
Yeah! Someone still watches
The chains at my feet and hand
Couldn't rape my smiles,
The moon got scared of its radiance
Playing dodge and shine
Chai! There's still madness in me.
My rejection got stolen
As her nipples steal stealthy my innocent back.
Now rain from same skyward
Wipes my bleeding eyes.
Looking backward her gaiety and naivety graced me
Yes! I still want more life to live.
Written by ENYI ENYI OSINACHI HYCENTH
