"I Will Go to A New Bornu" A Poem By Kazim Shalom — Pawners Paper

And if there be need for churches or mosques They'll outlive their builders. Libraries, museums and theatres will be our roadjectives

Kazim Shalom is already known for his profond writing dexterity which is evident in his previous published works such as Hadiza, a short fictional story that takes the readers on a ride to explore the indigenous culture and communities within Nigeria, creating a serene worth the hype.

Also, in "I Will Go To A New Bornu", his taste for african wasn't left out as he focuses on Bornu, one of the states in the northern part of Nigeria. He reflects on the insecurity, discrimination and poor amenities in the state and wishes to go to " a new Bornu, in distant time from now".

He reiterates further on having a new world and ends, inviting all " wouldn't you like to come to my new venue, when the time comes?"

I Will Go to A New Bornu

I will go to a new Bornu

In no distant time from now

When nothing else matters, except that I am living

I will go to a new Bornu

Where the rifles of former terrorists 

     And former statesmen

 Would go off together in celebration of a federation     

       I will go to a new Bornu

   Where concentration camps would become museums

I will go to a new Bornu

   Where Chibok will be the centre of civilized humanism.

In my new Bornu, there'll be no gates to keep strangers off

  There'll be concrete poles that run with electricity 

And bored holes that will never taste rusty or bloody again.

In my new Bornu, there'll be no Christian or Muslim

And if there be need for churches or mosques

     They'll outlive their builders.

Libraries, museums and theatres will be our roadjectives

  And should you get lost one morning

     Your host would be a professor

He'll say "Welcome to the Home of Peace".

When the new Bornu comes—not far from now!—

  A concensus for a new FCT would be signed

   And a middle-aged woman from Imo

   Would head our big campus.

Wouldn't you like to come to my new Bornu

When the time comes?

BIO

KASIM, Shalom is student of the Department of English and Literary Studies, Federal University, Wukari, Nigeria.

He is a student of Wole Soyinka.

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