A Journey Through Life Poem by Olalekan Ololade Sobande

I have dipped three fingers,
Three fingers of my right hand;
Thumb finger, fore finger and middle finger.
I have held my three fingers to the winds,
5. The North wind, the East wind,
The South wind, the West wind,
And I have raised my three fingers towards the moon,
Towards the full moon,
The full naked moon.
10. Mother said, “Go through the world, ”
“Go in life, they will follow thy traces.”
Since then I go
I go by the tracks and on the roads,
Beyond the seas and further still.
15. Beyond the sea and further, further still.
Beyond the sea and beyond the place beyond
And when I come to the wicked men,
The black hearted envious men
Before me advance the breaths of God.