I Want A Measured Life

“I favor a existence measured in first steps on overseas soils

and deep breaths in manufacturer new seas

I desire a existence measured in Welcome Signs,

each stamped with a unique name, borders marked with steel and paint.

Show me the streets that don’t comprehend the music

of my meandering feet, and I will play their song upon them.

Perfume me please in the smells of a ways away,

I will by no means wash my hair if it guarantees to stay.

I favor a lifestyles measured in the locations I haven’t gone,

short sleeps on lengthy flights, strange voices instructing me

new phrases to describe the dawn.”

By Abraham Adesanya