At many times and various places
Have I heard the song of birds
I listened carefully but birds voices are thin, so thin.
The goats bleat, it bleeds of help
I listened carefully but not appealing
The dog barks, barks inquisitively
I listened carefully but just what man best friend does all time.
Voices fills the streets,
The air we breathe in carries waves of unanswered questions.
The voices grows, blows
I Listen carefully, to comprehend men and their words.
To hear their pains and see their joy
Feel for them and sing for joy.
Men carries burdens birds can’t sing,
Goats can’t bleat and dogs can’t bark.
The voices of men
Is in the air we breathe
If I listen carefully, for men
Shall I write my breathe.
~Tola Ijalusi
Ibadan, Nigeria
Lovely One….
So beautiful and poetic