The Old Man is Snoring

Máyọ̀wá
Poets Unlimited
Published in
1 min readNov 23, 2016

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Chris “Paco” Camino

The Old Man said there will be rain
The Weather Man said there would be rain
Even his son said so too
A high forecast; a prophecy
We went outside. We looked up.
There was no rain
So I cried.
Because the promise had to be kept

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Máyọ̀wá
Poets Unlimited

Nigerian-American. Wishes she could speak her mother tongue like her mother's tongue. Regaining my kàlore after living a mostly invisible life.