IN A DISTANCE
As i looked over the distance with the sun taking its leave for the day, the taste of the dampened wind flooding the lining of my trachea, deep into the smallest alveoli imaginable. Thoughts flooded my mind like the intense roar of an angry lion. It was 7pm nigerian time, the day was coming to an end but my mind was still wide awake with thoughts that never ceased. There has to be more than this, i thought....more that a seveenteen year old girl could only imagine but hoped one day to see. The song somewhere over the rainbow came to mind, i hummed it not caring what anyone thought. All of a sudden a hum became whispered words and before i knew it i was belting out the words as best i could. I finished the song with sneers from my siblings; "singer please shut up" they would say but i could care less today. My mind was faraway, somewhere in the distance and perhaps over the rainbow. I could not wait to take my leave from this place. I loved my home, my family but i knew that my destiny lay in a faraway place. I had been at home for a year after finishing high school or as we would call it in nigeria Secondary school. This had been the longest i had been home in the last three years because i had been in boarding school. I was glad to be out of boarding school but a year had tested my patience and my restless spirit had once more been awakened.
Fast forward ten years later, i am faraway from home, sitting in my backyard in winnipeg on a beautiful spring day. It was march and the weather was unbelievably hot with the right amount of wind and sun. A miracle or maybe a consequence of global warming. Whatever the cause was, i was thankful. As i sat down in my front yard, energy spent from raking the dead leaves, memories from a long time ago flooded my mind. I remembered standing in my fathers backyard and thinking about what lay beyond the distance. Life is well, life. The decisions of the past lead us to a future once hoped for. I had dreamed of leaving my home, and i had done just that. Leaving was part of the dream but i ask myslef....is this what lies over the rainbow.....and the song comes back once more.....
This was over my rainbow ten years ago....but i know that much more lies beyond the cloud that i could only imagine and hope for....xoxo.....
Fast forward ten years later, i am faraway from home, sitting in my backyard in winnipeg on a beautiful spring day. It was march and the weather was unbelievably hot with the right amount of wind and sun. A miracle or maybe a consequence of global warming. Whatever the cause was, i was thankful. As i sat down in my front yard, energy spent from raking the dead leaves, memories from a long time ago flooded my mind. I remembered standing in my fathers backyard and thinking about what lay beyond the distance. Life is well, life. The decisions of the past lead us to a future once hoped for. I had dreamed of leaving my home, and i had done just that. Leaving was part of the dream but i ask myslef....is this what lies over the rainbow.....and the song comes back once more.....
This was over my rainbow ten years ago....but i know that much more lies beyond the cloud that i could only imagine and hope for....xoxo.....
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