Teach Me (A Poem For Afzal On His Birthday) : Nelson Iwejua Poem by Afzal Shauq

I am like a pilgrim in this beautiful planet,
Just like my grand parents who were here previously.
I am like a palm tree, with all it's abundance.
Teach me to number my days.

I am like a little child, who bathes only the belly,
And forgets the other parts of the body.
Who strives to put his fingers in a burning flame,
With all it's dangers, teach me.

You are the source of everlasting life,
You hold the key to my life.
As i woke up to behold the glory of the morning sun,
Teach me to know the wonders of all your works.

Today, as i celebrate my birthday,
In remembrance of my freedom from my mother's womb,
And the liberty of a new star that is rising,
Teach me to know that you brought me for a purpose.

Let the joy of a new birth, lunch me to great heights,
Let my meditations be on my footprints on the sand's of time,
That posterity, may know that a star was once on this path.
Teach me to number my days, for all are strangers on earth.

NELSON IWEJUA.
'Chiedozie Nelson'
Amsterdam
(ignore the first, and use this, i made some corrections in line six.)