Yesterday Poem by Kwenadi Gaaje

Like a tree longing to bore palms.
Like a dry dessert long for rain.
Like a precious pink pearl longing to be treasured.
Like a tainted soil longing for rain.
My life is wished to be like that of yesterday.

Only if i could - i would for day - rectify my mistakes of yesterday.
I would pray not to grow old - to grow like a shiny yellow palm.
If there was a time where i felt at home with all of my being,
Was yesterday when i was a kid.

Today udulthood welcomed me with a bitter smile.
Had i known - growing up will be more of a blessing in disguise.
I would have asked God for an extra year of childhood.
I would've never wished to grow - But life has its own ways
Udulthood welcomed me at an early age.

Had i known yesterday would be a memory to keep.
I'd have jot my life on a jewel so to keep on reading whenever i feellost.
Little did i know - life isn't fairy as they said it would be.
Oh! If only today was yesterday and tomorrow far to come..
I'd make my way to the peaceful land and never dwell in lamentation.