Lagos commuter buses

acrylic painting by Christopher Ankeli

by IFEANYICHUKWU AVAJAH

We awake to the daily hustle,

Leaving our homes – our comfort zones;

Walking on foot,

Riding on bicycles,

We arrive the yellow stop.

Would-be passengers of life’s bright journey,

We seek to commute to a brighter side of town,

For better bread and greater good;

Going and coming in turning wheels,

Like cycles,

We return daily to the yellow stop.

Ifeanyi Avajah
Ifeanyichukwu Avajah

Ifeanyi is a poet, artist and chartered chemical engineer. He has had several poems published in various anthologies: Night or Drift in Volcano of Voices; Sketch of Tomorrow (a prophetic poem written few days before the massacre at OAU) in Passport to the Future; Transit of the Martyr was also published in For Ken for Nigeria, Scattered Patches in Confluence; Message to Mama in Onomoresua, among others. Fragmentsis Ifeanyichukwu Avajah’s first published collection of poetry. His second work Collage: Poems and Painting would soon be available to the public. He is currently working on a third collection, Revolt of the Elements. He is also the co-founder of Teambooktu.com.


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Ifeanyichukwu
3 years ago

There is the seeming endless pursuit of life, that creates for many, the vicious cycle, a vexed vortex, that requires continual exertion of force and sustained hope, without which, one implodes, and gets sucked in by the vortex and pressures of life.

3 years ago

The Yellow Stop. What does the yellow stop hold in view for each day. Will it be kind to us today? Will the journey usher is to a better life? We arrive the yellow stop full of hopes and expectations.

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