This is Lagos

This is Lagos

my city never sleeps

an ever-busy place in constant motion

this is the place that I call home.

Island and mainland dichotomy

partitioned by the sea

and densely populated

this is the place that I call home.

Lagos

lakes and lagoons

city built on the brink of overflowing seas

this is the place that I call home.

Hellish traffic and jolting potholes

open gutters and heaps of litter

bare-chested idlers in neighbourhoods

this is the place that I call home.

Home of diverse tongues and tribes

yellow danfo buses and nocturnal suya

freshly baked agege bread and ewa agoyin

this is the place that I call home.

Photo: Joshua Oluwagbemiga