Iju

Iju

Once a year, you come

Bringing a deluge

Of water and silt

Eroding levees and banks

And even houses too

While fertilizing our farms and nooks

Enriching them with dark alluvium

So that Ogbaru may grow food more abundantly

And retain its pride of place

As the bread basket of our region

Iju,

You bring fresh fish too and succour

Freshness of mind and spirit

Even if once a year we cherish

You advent and the message

That life always come to a full circle

© Oseloka Obaze, 2000

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