Anike. (Olagunju Olayemi Josh)

Along the riverside of a wonted zephyr,
Before the aurora of the earliest martyr,
There were mariners in the sea of justice.

I found one, and I will take one home,
A rutilant, one of a faithful with who I come,
Anike my fidus aqchates,
The one who tell me
different Ankara tales,
The one whose shape illude the impuissant,
But gives me beats of pleasantries,

Anike, I have journeyed down to the lacustrine,
I will bring you lilies and take no dine,
Adumadan(blackandshine),my father speaks more of negritude,
But I will not speak less of your lenity,
Irawo mi osumara,(my star of rainbow) epitome of pulchritude.

I remembered the night of thunder and hours of dream,
When the daybreak was deem,
I remember your wonted tryst under the odan tree,
When I will tiptoe down the jungle bees,
To meet my awaiting nymph,

I remember how I will watch my left to the right,
To avoid iya Alakara the whited sepulchre, I remember how i use take money from my kolo and fly my polo to entise you with a rose I bought from Malam Musa. And run like a child spacing kit through Mummy Ada’s window.

I remember how memorable it is for me, Your allusive smile that call me back home from array,

You are the one whose laughter like a flame piercing the shadow has revealed life to me, my coin of gold, my shinning coal.

Africa my home, a home of peace again.




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