Alone In The Forest!
In my mother’s womb, nature taught me to play with
myself and by myself.. all alone!
Little did I know that I was being prepared to apply these skills
much later in my twilight years.
Swimming like a deep-sea diver with my umbilical cord always
attached to my sweet mother.
Like a lifeline, this cord sustained and helped me to
breathe freely within the waters of life.
My life began in earnest seconds after my father’s seed
caught up with mother’s runaway egg.
Issues of life started to flow as my father’s blood began
to develop my foetus from just a blob into a full blown baby.. Me!
At birth, my highly anticipated arrival was received
with song and a dance! I was loved and cherished by all my sisters and
brothers.
Growing up from crawling to standing and eventually; to
stand unassisted, was like a dream.
This one thing too, was celebrated by everyone who
witnessed this milestone achievement.
Wow, the small man can finally walk: they chuckled.
Dah-dah-dah! That was me trying to catch up with the
language spoken inside my home.
A few vowels and gibberish synonymous hiccups later, I was
talking and making some sense.
Some light moons later, I was started in early
education. Even at this stage life felt light as a feather.
No baggage and no bother! Why worry about anything when
everything is taken care of without lifting a finger?
O’ for the world of a child where I once roamed free
without a care in the world.
Time to me was like moving shadows inside the sunrays. It
did not take anything from my day!
To us children, the day was longer than the one in adult
world. We lived, walked and played in an 18hour day minus the night!
Alone in the forest is what it feels like after treading
these sands of time for more than five decades!
What happened to my world of yesteryears? I grew up
inside a very small world where each one can see everyone’s face.
Alone in the forest is what this world of mine has become.
I hear birds singing for me and trees majestically wrap me around!
Alone in the forest my world has become. In the midst
of having to live alone with my thoughts.
I thank Mother Nature for teaching me right early inside
mother’s womb.. to learn to play with myself and by myself!
All alone in the forest of life.
I press on and thank God, the still small voice within registers
the whispers of the Spirit!
Alone in the forest of life. God picks me up and
says... Come on Sydney, stand up and keep walking!
These are the days of reflections and mulling over the
years!
Time ain’t got no time to sit out there in the dark
corner and lick the wounds suffered over the years.
Alone in in the forest. We live to live to survive and not
to win. Naked I came into this world and naked I shall depart!
O for a thousand tongues to express my heartfelt
gratitude for His Abundant Grace!
Alone in the forest of life.. just how can I feel sad and
suck my thumb, while others struggle and barely survive?
Alone in this forest of life. As in the days of Noah,
God has locked the door of my ark from the outside!
God’s the Keeper of my soul, I must obey His Divine Will!
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