Other Realm

Chimdindu Michael Ogbuagu, Freshman, Biology Major from Arlington, TX

 

I remember we used to gather there, all of us

waiting for Mother to finish the cooking.

Stories of school, and work, and life floating by 

all around us – through the seams of our Souls

This was our haven – my haven 

I needn’t worry about anything 

Here, my existence felt inconsequential,

free of burden 

 

And then a bird’s coo would stir me 

back to reality –