Life Is Like Wearing Ankara.

Life is like wearing Ankara,

Sometimes you are afraid to enter a bus,

Your wrapper may get stuck and tear,

 Life is like wearing your turquoise

Kiri- Kiri dress with a red zip,

What if the zip breaks on the way?

If it breaks you can use your veil to cover it.

Life is like wearing Vlisco,

With red lipstick,

making the world smile

And work for you.

Life is like tying Aso-oke

On your head,

With responsibilities weighing you down,

Life is like wearing Hollandaise

With your only gold chain,

At a wedding,

 With only five hundred Naira in

Your Chanel purse,

Life is like wearing Ankara

Washing it,

 Spreading it out to dry,

Until the sun eats it slowly,

One day it is faded,

Kept at the bottom of the cupboard,

Then discarded.