Sweet December: I think I'm Reborn.

I woke up late December

Sometime around Christmas.

And all we wanted to do was give the house a face lift.

We did that all through the day

Oh my! and wasn't I impressed with the outcome?!!

I beamed up at the work we had poured ourselves into all day.

Though my body ached with fatigue,

Suddenly, a new wind blew in and everything took a new turn.

Just like that and there was a new spring to my stride

In a blink, and I have this new leap in my spirit.

I dance.

Oh, call me crazy but dance I will.

Oh I dance.

That’s how it all began

And then I had to return to crazy Lagos…

In Lagos traffic, terribly tired from the day’s work, I embark on the journey home

Yet my smile did not dim, oh, not one bit!

New songs overflow, while in traffic and on top of the crazy noise.

New beat rang in my ears and instrumentals filled my soul

And songs of praise and newness never seen flowed out

There I knew I must be tapping from a different frequency…

So, I basked further in…going deeper into the rivers of such beautiful overflow

Hoping it would drown me and take over all that I am.

I swim.

And from it flowed new songs.

I sing…oh why won’t I sing my heart out?!

The rhythm of the songs cause my head to nod with pleasure

My dancing feet takes me to new heights I thought I could never reach

I am reminded of my rhythm and feel no scruples about my body

I throw all hesitancy to the wind and I fly

Oh I fly and let the rhythm of the wind catch my wings.

I soar high and allowed my flaps celebrate their birth.

I feel reborn.

I feel new.

And all fears I ever had suddenly somewhat disappeared.

Now I stand tall and look at them from up here.

Suddenly, all that once matters ceases to even exist.

Everything undergoes a redefinition henceforth….along with who I now am.

Who I am is redefined…

I sing…

I dance…

I fly…

I celebrate my new colours…

I think I am reborn!