BACK FROM THE BLACK/SPARK OF THOUGHT

   

   BACK FROM THE BLACK/SPARK OF THOUGHT

THE POWER OF QUESTIONS

BY

OMOKPARIOLA ELSHALOM CHIOMA

 Waking up to the cracking of lizards and bleating of goats;

The fragrance that comes from the burning of firewood stands;

The sweet music from the whistling of birds filling the entire helmet;

The crowing of the cockerels brings awaking to the sleeping beings;

Bringing forth the jungle spirits from the ancestral world;

Brushing our teeth with curved fire woods and shaving our heads with broken bottles.

Sinusoidally, we journey. Gracing our activities; same up, same down;

Few or particular change are not easily noticed from birth day to departure date;

Sheepishly, we follow the traditions like it seems our daily guide;

Wouldn’t mind if our children go through scourging pain just to cure a minor ailment;

How we sacrifice our animals to unseen deities;

Marrying more wives. Just to procreate more spawns to build our bridges.

Do we know whom origin we really are?

What heritage and culture we really stand for? What spirit and lineage we really sprouted from?

What orchestrates our existence and the power that lies in our minds?

What things we are capable of doing?

What length we can go just to get a job done?

Just then, a glimpse of hope comes in washing out all the dark spots;

A spark of sunlight sets into the caved abode;

Like a realm of glowing illusion calling out to Africa.

Many reject it, some call it abomination, others thought it to be anti-tradition;

Only a few that were left to take the risk of the new dawn as the dibia said;

It entered into the minds of a few of us to dare to ask “WHY”;

The few who saw the impact were transformed;

Remodifying the dark caved wall into a diadem;

Bringing light into a prime state of reasoning;

Exposing the secrets of the African culture and beautiful heritage;

Teaching us that there is power in just a little spark of imagination;

Bringing hearts into one and reconciling the kindred with their future;

Telling men that we can see beyond the sky.

Little did we know that we are powerful beyond our imagination;

That our limits are boundless, beyond the vast natural resources;

That our curse can be turned into a technology of invention;

We have the spirit of Africa, and that’s all we need to keep us from the dark.

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