Excerpt: This is dedicated to Damilola Odewale, my "grand cousin" and to all freshmen of the citadel of learning and culture
Poem title: IT IS GOOD TO BE HOME
Welcome Home!
The phrase given to a loved one
who has travelled far and wide
and now weary to the bone
the smile which had gone to hide
now released, though not that alone
showing with joy waving fatigue aside
Welcome Home!
To a loved one who was lost
but now found hale and healthy;
emotions rush out in a gust
it doesn't matter if the family is wealthy
not taking the consideration the cost;
there is sure to be a party
Welcome Home!
The patient that was sick in bed
slipping gradually away from life
and later doctors confirmed dead
to the hysteria of the broken wife;
but the dead cried, "where is she to whom i am wed?"
Doctors run to escape the woman's joyful dive
Welcome Home!
To the forgotten man who went mad
Walking naked, the length of the streets
Abandoning all things he ever had
His senses perceive his sanity and greets
Your skull missed you, "back you are glad"
No, it's; "glad you are back", once mad man states
Welcome Home!
To the African man thrust into slavery
Seen many troubles and known lashes
forgetting at the hand of his masters his history
But now escapes his snare, wound and gashes
Back to his land of traditions and mystery
What joy when he steps into the arms of his wife, teary and luscious
Welcome home!
To Damilola and all matriculating students
Welcome to the citadel of learning and culture
Don't fret when you see the many huge rats
Or be frustrated by the many pressures
See the newest pupils in their smiles and apparels
Filled with the hope of success in their indenture
Welcome Back Home!
The words are short and the phrases sweet
just watch as the joyful smiles come;
it is a pleasure to see the house, neat
to see visitors with soberness gone
All ears turn as the loved one greets
"It is good to be home"
Happy matriculation folks
I am El'Shazzar
I got my future ahead of me and I'm living it
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