END SARS Poem: Nightfall in Nigeria - Nathaniel Okeke

 

NIGHTFALL IN NIGERIA

 

 

Night came knocking

Handless

It yelled silently

And made a noisy tiptoe

 

Craved many sleeps

Bent many necks

Crawled back to hell

And we woke wailing minstrels

 

Of the many nights

In Soweto and Rwanda

Lagos toll gate has joined the train

And we cry - and we cry

 

Nathaniel Okeke