Flix Laband

Monday 8 February 2016

Rock of Dakota

You stumbled into Nigeria
A stone,
For a season
In a jungle where
Rocks like you
Take root
And flourish or flounder

With your eyes wide aware
You fell
Headfirst into family and belonging:
Ndiowu and Ngwa orbiting around you
Special stone of bonds
Formed for eternity
In the eyes of God

You have outdone yourself
Paving way for other little rocks
To follow,
Not in your footsteps of
Impromptu tantrums and minute-long madness,
But in your quest to conquer
Motherland and Fatherland alike.

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