After Warshan Shire’s Home, and Fela Anikulapo’s Sorrow, Tears and Blood. Warsan Shire says:
“no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a Shark…” Nigeria is the mouth of a shark.
Everyday we work, we hustle, we thank our god that we’ve made ends meet
just to wail, roil, and gnash the next?
To what end, I ask?
Sorrow, tears, and blood? Dear Nigerian, no one is coming to save you,
You are your own saviour.
Through debilitating loss, pain, anguish…
you are your own saviour.