WHO AM I? - By Winlade Isreal



I'm the silent audible voice 
Speaking down from my heart 
To the hearing of deafening ears 
In the midst of flooding naira notes. 

Who am I? 
I'm the intellectual voice 
In the jungle of demands 
For the collective cake 
Of life and justice. 

My voice echoes hope 
For the hopeless soul  
From my clean sheet 
Dirty by my bleeding tongue.

©By Winlade
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