Poem: Shining Stars in a Hazy Cloud

Poem: Shining Stars in a Hazy Cloud My shining stars I am looking for you Where are you Before you departed from the second terminal Two hundred and forty seven parked in a dark room You were the only forty-five showing light You must continue to hold your light Otherwise there will be a crash When everything will be demolished There is too much darkness When you hold your light firmly You will be flowing like a river Moving through the air like aeroplane You will be blocks nobody can move You can control them through your missiles Ah! Bashir Shehu and Abdullahi Shehu Yusuf Hold the bottom very well Do not mind the difficulty Swimming in a river with two many rocks Colliding but still moving Do not be frightened I am holding the mast for you Showing you the direction When a shark swallows you Don’t forget your light Put it on she will release you And run away Yes! They will all run away Helter skelter To get a cover Only to come out with apology Because you are the light Some will follow you beating their drums to get followers To throw sand in your faces In order to become like them Do not fear and spare them Ah! That little brilliant Yahaya Usman Fighting to see and hold the light too But was boxed in a corner of darkness Habaa! Why didn’t your eyes blink towards me To come and unlock you Don’t mind In the third terminal I will help you to resist darkness. M.M. Yusif February, 2008