Our bodies began to move
To the beat of Iwere drum
Steps by steps
Our feet jiggled the earth
Surface with velocity
So the rhythms
Merged with our souls
The tempo flowed from our soles
The cadence staired in our bones
And we became synergized
In the heritage of our glow
Laju Ereyitomi Oyewoli
Laju Ereyitomi Oyewoli is a poet from Nigeria who hails from Ode Itsekiri in the Delta State. He obtained his Bachelor's degree from the Delta State University and later went on to pursue his Master's degree at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in Ghana.
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