I Am Still My Old Self Poem by Ama Alma Okigbo
I Am Still My Old Self
I start as a leaf
By the time they did not count years
By the time when famine struck
The yellow hot ball would always reward me but
I grew slowly
I am still my old self
I felt the harsh lash of the wind
Even though I broke my back
And lost my home
For I knew deep inside me, nothing had changed
I am still my old self
Even though I hear the thunder strike
Even though I hear a goat going for a snack
Even though I hear a stampede
I am still my old self
I taste the bitter dusty and dry air
I taste life in the air
I taste life in the sun but hatred in the wind
I am still my old self
I see a drop, another, then million drops
It strengthens me
It makes me grow
For I know deep inside me
I am still my old self
I smell the roses by the meadows
I smell the vicious honey bee
I smell millions of things under one sky
For I know deep inside me
I am still my old self
For I know deep inside me I am still my old self.... //.... Nothing could be more rewarding than being what you actually are whatever be the time and circumstances, trials and tribulations. Thanks and Congrats.
A well penned poem of the day. Congrats, dear Ma’am Ama on your featured piece...10++++
I am still my old self // beautiful poem penned I am still in the past, in the old, through the whole soul after soul.........///
Grate work. U have penned a beautiful piece and image. Thanks for sharing
Being yourself means remaining true to the essence in yourself and in your roots and neither being changed by place nor circumstance so as to totally be a stranger to your older self.
Fantastic work, through all the adversity and challenges that life throws, you continue defiant and resilient. The true spirit of humanity is in this poem. Congratulations for poem of the day!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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the wish of every person: to be your old self. Fascinating poem, lovely worded. I have enjoyed very much. Thanks for sharing. A 10 for the poem. CONGRATULATIONS upon being chosen as The Member Poem Of The Day. Hurray! God´s Blessings.