The plane began to dance Like it was running in gravels Or like a boat on a rough sea As it lifted itself shortly in the sky Fifteen minutes in the sky And God to said to me, Aha! I’ve caught you! Suddenly the cloud overcasted Like a darkened smoke from a blazing fire I have never witnessed such a cloud Right from my mother’s womb Thereafter, the sky began to weep I couldn’t tell whether angrily or bitterly Because at that moment My heart was invisible in my hands
On flight, Overcasted cloud, And weeping sky These were my enemies onboard The reason for my aerophobia
The plane continued to dance It swung its body sideways Left to right Right to left Like a playing fish in a river O Lord, have mercy upon me! O Lord, have mercy upon me! A man sitted with his little son in front of me shouted O Lord, have mercy upon us! Another voice at the far front shouted Almost every voice continued similarly However, the loudest of the all, The man sitted with his little son in front of me His two little daughters chatted playfully, Sitted in front of him His wife calmly sitted adjacently on his left, Tapped his thigh intermittently in consolation As she continued with a devotional song Look at those kids happily playing My sister sitted beside me by the window on my right, Pointed calmly and politely scoldingly As my eyes began to leak waters
Suddenly the plane reversed To the direction it was going from And circled the Benin River Shortly after, it reversed to the direction it was going And it began to dance Like it was running in gravels Or like a boat on a rough sea However, this time intensely And the voices continued The man sitted with his little son in front of me, The loudest of them all Suddenly it reversed again To the direction it was going from And circled the Benin river Shortly after, it reversed to the direction it was going And again it began to dance Swung itself sideways Left to right Right to left Like a fish playing in a river And suddenly reverted to the direction it was going from And circled the Benin river again While the voices continued The man sitted with his little son in front of me, The loudest of them all Again it reversed to the direction it was going Even though it didn’t dance this time The voices continued, This time in lower tones Until we heard, WELCOME TO LAGOS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR YOUR SAFETY AND SAFETY OF THOSE AROUND YOU PLEASE REMAIN SEATED WITH YOUR SEATBELT FASTENED, AND KEEP THE AISLES CLEAR UNTIL WE ARE PARKED AT THE GATE A female voice echoed through a microphone Incidentally, I turned to my left This young lady with airpods in ears, Still asleep like an infant From the moment she sat from departure Can this even be real? I thought to myself While we give a standing-ovation, Honourably to the pilot As we prepare for exit
