I Wonder...

O
olawalium

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Early morning trips to the stream

Stack naked under mama's wrapper

With unrivalled joy and boisterousness

We make our way down to the stream

 

Whatever it was that could be hiding

We never cared, maybe there was none

We always make the journey

to and fro unscathed

 

And when it was time to eat

We can go to the next-door neighbour without being scolded

Nor does the wife next door get tagged a witch

 

We were allowed to go to the market square

With the other kids late at night

Without the fear of being kidnapped or killed

Until we all get called home

 

Looking back,

These stories feel like myths and legends

And I wonder where

our safe abode disappeared to...

 

Thank you for your time.

My pen doesn't bleed, it speaks, with speed and ease.

Still me,

My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.

Olawalium; (Love's chemical content, in human form). Take a dose today: doctor's order.

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