The glitz of the City is a lump in my throat <br />The lights that I dream, the way that I tote. <br />The sparkling lagoon, a mirror of the sky <br />The perfumed interior of the car on the fly. <br />Here lies the pleasure of the springy Palms <br />The beauty of shopping malls, the wandering eye calms. <br />I have a lover on the arm, a cinema in the dark. <br />The neon lit screens, a wondrous spark! <br />Take a look from the window, Odeku Street <br />Even the dark ladies look clean and sweet, <br />A trip to your hotel, imperial bliss. <br />You’ll wake up in the morning with a lingering kiss. <br />The fast paced walk of the faded day <br />Gives room slowly to the leisurely way. <br />This is the night life that I’m happy to feel <br />The hum of the beaches, the fun and the thrill. <br />The swelling waters on Kuramo’s shore <br />Is the siren call to come on tour <br />Where are the mermaids from the Atlantic? <br />Here’s a willing victim of the romantic <br />The city is an oasis of the finest sights <br />The spell of skyscrapers, dizzy heights. <br />The flyovers linking from isle to island <br />There is no going back to the mainland. <br />There are late nighters nestling in the bars <br />Locals and foreigners, mingling in the jazz. <br />Bright laughter bubbles along with the scene. <br />Theirs is the glamour of town, the pleasures of sin. <br />The thousand little stars of the wondrous sight. <br />The lump in my throat, my heart in delight.<br /><br />Ayo Sogunro<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/saturday-night-on-victoria-island/
