What A Journey! Poem by Ibrahim Bidu

What speed!

What a rush!

Numerous hands stretching out

Just to touch;

It swayed from side to side

Tilting dangerously

To the right then left,

As it rode on the wave

That seemed engaged in a race

To get its load

To its resting place

For a mighty pay:

When it was put in the hole

I crept close

Though I can’t explain why I did so

And as the soil went tumbling down

Nobody seemed to care

For the poor man’s bones

So mechanical

So efficient

I searched for my hankie

As my eyes threatened to flood

I could see them crash

My fragile bones when my turn comes

And I do not even know

How soon that would come