Sour tale
This tale soils the mouth
like a sour grapefruit,
So I tell it with the sobriety
of the snail.
I’m the voice of boys, my age;
whose flights arrived on this land
at the same time,
who bore tender dreams like
eggs in our hearts,
hoping that home is an incubator,
hoping that home will hatch
this eagle to flight.
.
.
.
20 years gone:
we’re still dozing in our nest, awaiting
the appearance of our wings.
Biography
Olaewe David Opeyemi is a Nigerian medical doctor and writer. He interrogates his life experiences through writing which he also sees as a veritable instrument for personal and social metamorphosis. His works has been published by Trouvaille Review, Selcouth Station, Praxis Magazine, The Quills, Eboquills,CLH and elsewhere. He won Dawn of Splendour Poetry contest (Nov.2019, June 2020) and Shuzia creative writing contest (Dec.2019). He writes from Birnin Kebbi, Northern Nigeria and active on Twitter @dropey01.