ZAZZAU
for Zurain Ali
Zaria welcomes with sandstorms that seemed to have travelled thousands of miles to us.
We drive through a landscape of paprika soil, wherever I look is land, farmers bent over their portions of it, and children chasing cats.
Trees spread over a cluster of rocks, and I know, this city has known things.
There is a sign above the hot air, that says we must leave our lives behind all of my head feels clear and I see you, and I wished you were here.
Zaria is like you. She is fierce and ancient, something of a dream, only true.
When I breathe, like all of our dear North, it is fresh, of lavender and wood not burnt, like you.
AUTHOR: Okpeh Precious Star aka Star Zahra, born in Warri, Delta State of Nigeria, West Africa.
SOURCE https://x.com/NaijaphiliaBlog/status/2102566695747432790
