Adulthood At Dawn Poem by OLADEJI POPOOLA

I aroused from sleep by the ringing
of my doorbell. Who is that I asked
vehemently? Replying me in a repeated
times, I am adulthood. Ah! Adult what?
I am Adulthood replying me in a repeated
times. Turmoil colonized my mood, a chill
travelled down my spine and sweat stood
out my forehead in presence of free blowing
breeze.

My face gaunt and trepidation bitten
me by the merciless ticking of the
clock, my mind reverberates in a countless
time, Ah! Adulthood Anxiety flow freely
into my isle of thought.

Series of question jumbled my mind.
Shall I conjure the wall to open up and hid?
Shall I haul myself up the attic?
Shall I tell him to revisit another day when
I can receive him with drum and dance and with
coca cola sweating and shouting of relief
in my refrigerator? But still, anxiety encroach
my psyche like a swampy land dating the desert.

Ekan ni omo okunrin ku,
My gerascophobia disappeared in my sky of
thought. I accept my fait accompli, a new
life begins. Adulthood calm a trouble water,
the adolescent menace and soothe the nerves
with self-dependence and responsibilities.



Ekan ni omo okunrin ku; A man died once