By: Ojo Taiye
Ojo Taiye is a young Nigerian who uses poetry as a handy tool to write his frustration with society.
Everything ages to amnesia
Leaving a convenient myth
We struggle to hold
The scab breaks
History becomes tensed
As truth goes transparent
The scars lived
Underneath our bed
At night—in the morning
When the policeman stops
And searches for me
For my torn name
For my family’s grief