I am back
To the rhythms of my blood
Presence and portion
That was…
Which still stands;
I am tuned
To mysteries in the hidden words
To fragmented meanings
In self-generating expressions;
I have leant
From sounds in silence;
silence
That binds generation of dreams and memories
I journey in phases
Through network of paths;
Shaped by plain feet of travelers
Where breath of the ever present
Purifies the naked air
I raise my voice
At this hour
To you
At the four corners of the earth
Where the ageless winds sprout
I hold my bare palm
And all in me
To the clouds of the rising sun
And to the passage of the setting sun
That my whole being
Wherever I go
May savor essence of your presence
Here after
In the coming days.
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Adekunle Aduloju hails from Ado Ekiti, read law in Ile-Ife, and was called to the Bar in 2008. He was a member of the Ibadan Poetry Club in the early 2000s.
