Trance
the whole
world
was traveling
yesterday
in a big boat
that couldn’t carry
a star
nor a grain
of sugar. the whole
world
still
couldn’t reach its room
before the piano
girl’s voice
by midnight
as of this morning
when the whole
world
needed a praise
to raise
it up
from its cold
body
David Ishaya Osu (b. 1991) is a Nigerian poet. His works have appeared in publications such as: Birmingham Arts Journal, Atlas Poetica: A Journal of World Tanka, Watershed Review, Ann Arbor Review, among numerous others. David is a board member of Babishai Niwe Poetry Foundation. He is obsessed about anything poetry, pictures, and plays; he is currently polishing his debut poetry books.