Journey To The “godhood” Poem by Temitope Adebowale

The beast in me is dead, but that is the least of my problem
I have witnessed my mortality’s destruction, but I don’t know if my resurrection is guaranteed
To attain immortality

My fear is if I will get a seat amongst those who have ruled before me
I bear their vigour, valour, honour
I am them

I hope to become an oracle to which the living beckon on
I hope my class in the glassy rivers of ancestors rise
That I may be robed in an Adire{1}

{1} A tie and die cloth common in southwest Nigeria.



(Abuja, Nigeria, October,2013)