Scavenger Poem by Morakinyo Temiloluwa Bolarinwa

I am a Scavenger,
wretched of the earth,
product of hunger,
wrenched from all wealth.

I am a Scavenger,
a roller in the mud,
filth is my bread and dirt my butter,
the reject of the world.

I am a Scavenger,
collector of wisdom and folly,
recycler's friend to buyer's stranger,
the filth of men I make holy.

For though I be broken in wages,
I hold on to that most precious,
that even in my layers of cages,
my light through my confinement endures.

While men throw me their frustration,
I hope on to my day of redemption.

I am a Scavenger…………..