Lagos Poem by Warrith Olawale

Lagos



Lagos, your sweat;
Lagos, your struggle
For the countless children
That in your arms, dangle.

Lagos that dwells
On the back of the wingless hawk
That still wades smartly
Out of the pieces of the shattered rock.

Warrith Olawale
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
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