'Alaopiosa' Poem by Ovi Odiete

Alaopiosa
Ten thousand voices
Speaking and Gibbering
Oil wells pumping
Maidens dancing
Rivers flowing
fire burning
little did we know much of what we cannot see

Alaopiosa
A mighty Ocean arrive
Calling and beckoning for an adventure
Mermaids chatting
Fishes Flocking
Waves are moving
Girls are Meandering
Hips are Twisting

Alaopiosa
memories are waiting
Stories are telling
Lords are Leaping
Wolves are Howling
Professors are Professing
Everyone is busy
And babies are sleeping

Alaopiosa
If all do well
Our rough roads will be smooth
tell it to your daughters
not to keep secrets from strangers
tell it to your Sons
to stay away from troubles
Mothers are cooking with their gifted hands

Alaopiosa
Eat little and Think Big
Dance, for life is short
Sing for life is sweet
But in all you do, let love show
For enmity will eat you up
Alaopiosa is all you do
It is in the reach of your heart.