Portrait of Home as an Indefinite Pronoun – Solahudeen Ridwanullah Olalekan
Portrait of Home as an Indefinite Pronoun In English class,Our teacher said redundancy flaws a paragraphWhen the sunrise in the evening,I call it a shadow of every legMade to walk away from whereThey used to call homeThat is the only pronoun I know for reluctance. Home is the only place we leaveWith pockets suspended by memories,Eggs we do not want to break to distanceOf faraway landsWhere displaced birds drenched by rain,Gather on street wiresAnd watch the storm cart away their nestsFor if it were home,They would’ve borrowed fire from the neighbouring kitchenTo warm the food. At home, no one beats a masquerade for trespassAt the worst, they’d show him the way back to the shrine. Contributor’s Bio Solahudeen’s writing evolves from thought, and so, a thinker was born in that land of virtue, Osun state, Nigeria. Ridwanullah is a lover of God and His creatures, including nature. Thusly, this preoccupated…