Moon, Star, Night, Dream, Landscape, Mountain Landscape

A PLACE WHERE DREAMS LEAD

Take me to a place where dreams lead
To the Olumirin waterfall*
Let me drown all my sorrows
Communing with Osun the river goddess

Take me to a place where dreams lead
To Obudu*
While I stand at the peak of the mountain
To tell the tales of how I overcame

Take me to a place where dreams lead
To Olumo*
Let me hide within the rocks
That sheltered my ancestors during war

Take me to a place where dreams lead
To Gembu*
To enjoy the tenderness of nature
In a land most peaceful

Take me to a place where dreams lead
To the Kajuru castle
To enjoy harmony
As Europe greets Africa

Take me to a place where dreams lead
To the heart of the Niger delta
To the oil city
Home of affluence

Take me to a place where dreams lead
To the ancient city of Sokoto*
To bask in the Sahara
As I step on the sands of history

Take me to a place where dreams lead
Through the rivers and the creeks
The thick forest and the desert
To a place I call home

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Yewande Akinse (Adebowale) is a Nigerian Lawyer, gifted storyteller, Poet and Author of two collections of poetry titled ‘A Tale of being, of green and of ing..’ (2019) and Voices: A collection of poems that tell stories’ (2016). With over 110 published poems to her credit and counting, Yewande is one poet who doggedly seeks to change the narrative one poem at a time. She won the World Bank YouthActonEDU spoken word prize and Project Knucklehead Prize for Creative Rebellion.

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