After Niyi Osundare: Not My Business
I’m no longer that
Who like to talk
It’s not my business
With the affairs of the wind
Who look like breeze
In it absence
Fill the hearts of the soil
With lies - & succeeds.
What business of mine is it
So long they don’t take the yam
From my savouring mouth ?
I’m no longer that
Who like to preach
It’s not my business
To blame the breeze
When its sights are mortified
Without light but lies.
Mention to it, directions
Pledge to it fealty
Monsters appearing to be its beholders.
What business of mine is it
So long they don’t take the yam
From my savouring mouth ?
It’s not up to me to fight
Can I take care of breaches with my own hands?
I’m myself amaze at how good the breeze destroy the properties of the wind
What business of mine is it
So long they don’t take the yam
From my savouring mouth ?
I’m no longer that
Who like to advise
It’s not my business
With the affairs of the breeze
When they think the wind
Already learnt the biography
Of the soil guided by God
But have for them traces of robbery on their faces
What business of mine is it
So long they don’t take the yam
From my savouring mouth ?
I’m no longer that
Who like to narrate
The affairs of the wind
It’s not my business
To consult - suggest - argue the administration of the wind
What business of mine is it
So long they don’t take the yam
From my savouring mouth ?
I’m no longer that
Who like to be a seer
It’s not my business
But the plan of a wind result in harm
Increase the joy of destruction
But it’s none of my business after
My silence hurts……….
Copyright © Ismail Junaid Oluwadamilare | Year Posted 2023
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