Mystery Child - A Poem
This week's ZODML Poetry Corner features a poem on the Abiku myth by Muhsinat Kamardeen. Are you a writer? Send your poems, short stories and book reviews to editorial@zodml.org to be featured on the blog.
The one that gives you no peace
No sleep
Always threatening to leave
The child that does as it pleases
That one who must be pampered
Your mysterious child
A born wanderer
I refuse to be trapped in one world
Why do you disrupt my journeys?
My slipping in and out of worlds
Worlds you do not know about I meet your myths
I wine and dine with your imaginations
I am Abiku
The marked offspring
To be recognised, the minute I return
The herbalist made you think that would stop me
But I, Abiku will not give him that satisfaction
I come and go as I please
With my secrets buried at unknown places
Deep down mother Earth
Not to be found by anyone
I refuse to be trapped
My world is enough for me
My mates await
They keep calling
Asking when I would be back
Dear Mother
I do not wish to stress you
But the creator chooses to keep sending me back
I cannot disobey him but I’ll keep making my entrance and exit
Till he decides to replace me
I am Abiku
Your love child
The traveller
Always looking forward to the next adventure
The kind you only experience in your dreams