The Quiet
Honking horn
Crowing rooster
Peddlers selling fabrics worn
Brakes squeal
Birds squabble
Children begging for their meal
Generator roar
Cooled air blows
The guards screening at gate door
Cars splash
Gardener mows
Chickens pecking in the trash
Buses groan
Hot fence hums
Dehumidifiers moan
Kids at play
Rain drops splat
Mosque is calling time to pray
Intercom beep
Bored dogs howl
Offspring never go to sleep
Down I’ve lain
Ear plugs in
Why does silence cause me pain?
Full of thoughts
Busy brain
Lagos noise it never stops.
–Dy July 2017