Here, I drink

the nights can testify to my efforts to live
since I learnt tears are not enough to cry
from the rich, the world is trying to sieve
the nights can testify to my efforts to live
women also bear faith, it’s hard not to misgive
here’s a toast to thinking of trying to try
the nights can testify to my efforts to live
since I learnt tears are not enough to cry

Tomide Abdul