Carried by a Whirlwind
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She loves to read
Different kinds of books
And recently she has
Gotten herself involved
With some books of
“Spiritisms” as it is
Called by the people
Who introduced her to it
She has gathered many
Of the books and
Started studying them
Devoted her time to it
She would be alone
Without interacting with anyone
Alone in her room
With those kinds of book,
Practicing the contents there
When she used to
Do this, she used
To notice some strange
Breeze blew into her
Apartment and wherever she
Is reading and meditating
On those spiritual books
As made further progress
Into the spiritism levels
So many strange things
She used to notice
She was however not
Determined to back out
For she is an
Inquisitive type and wants
To know what would
Be the outcome of
Those levels and phases
She’s being introduced to
In the books. An
Unforgettable incident happened to
Her when she got
To a certain stage
While doing her meditation
At the time which
She should be doing it
The wind started like
A gentle breeze as
It used to happen before
But suddenly it changed
To a powerful and strong wind
The wind surrounded her
And without much ado
She was carried away
By the whirlwind
Because she hardly interacts
With people lately no one
Cares for her, neither
Asks about her
For they did not
Know anything has happened
To her. Where they
Live each person
Manages his or her
Affairs no one interferes
In someone else’s activities
In the neighborhood
Thus, no one knows
She has been taken
Off by the whirlwind.
To the unknown land
Even if they know
How would they have
Helped her, because whirlwind
Is not like terrorists
Neither like kidnappers nor
Armed robbers that they
Could go to the
Police post to report
That she is missing
So that they could
Mount up search for
Her retrieval.
In the meanwhile the
Whirlwind that took her
Away took her to
A strange land
An unknown place, very
Strange from where she
Has been, neither where
She has read things about
After long traveling in
The wind, she was
Dropped at a place
Among the thickets in the bush
The time she was
Dropped there could not
Be stated specifically, but
From what she noticed
The sun was about
To set, thus she
Presume the time would
Be around 6:00 pm that day
She could not immediately
Gather herself together where
She was to know what
She would do about her plight
Because the traveling seems
To have been for
Days among the whirlwind
Or there about she presumed
She stayed where she
Was, for from the
Ancient mythological stories that
She used to hear
She used to hear
About powerful people of
Old that they would
Be carried away like that
By whirlwind and would
Be dropped somewhere where
Some spirits would appear
To them and started
Instructing them on what
They are at the place
For and what they
Would be doing among
The people when they
Eventually leave the place
In short, those people
Who were being carried
Away by whirlwind according
To the stories that
She has heard, these
Are outside the books
She used to hear
Her grandparents speak about
Such things when they
Were alive.
That those people would
Become empowered by those
Spirits before they leave
The wilderness.
They would hear many
Secrets about humans, and
They would be given keys
That unlock so many things
In the world such that
When they returned among
Their people they would
Become a completely different person
They would command authorities
Would become respected by
All and sundry in the
Society and they are
Usually the right hand
Man, of the kings and
Queens in the land
People from distant places
According to her grandparents
Utterances would also go
To those people to
Learn from them and drink
Indeed happened to her
This is not what she
Thought would happen. This
She did not bargain for
Then she started thinking
What would she do?
She has not seen
Traces of people where she was
For the past 48 hours
That she has been there
Coincidentally, she also did
Not see any dangerous animals
It is now that she
Starts thinking that she
Needs to act on her
Situation she needs to move
This is when she
Knows what happened to
Her could not be equaled
With what has been happening
To the people of ancient
Days, what she has sought
For through the books
Has not landed her at her desired place.
She braced herself, having
Become weak, because she
Has not been able to
Eat anything for the past 72 hours
She walked ahead a bit
And discovered a tree
With a fruit on it
The fruit does not resemble
The kind of fruits
She was familiar with
In her country, she plucked
The fruit, to take a bite
As it is said when
What one is eaten is finished
What one is not eaten
Would be shifted to.
After taken a bite, it
Tastes good, and has water
Then she waited a while
Maybe it would be poisonous
Or not so that if it is
Then she would gently die
Where she was. But
For about 30 minutes
That she has waited
There she discovered no
Strange movement in her
Bowels which suggests to her
That the fruit wasn’t
Poisonous. Thence she plucks
More and rapidly ate them.
After eaten them. She
Has new vigor to
Forge ahead in her walk
She started walking after
Walking for about three hours
She assumed she started seeing
Activities suggesting that people lived
Nigh by. On further walk she
Discovered the stream where people
Have come to fetch water.
Their complexions were different from hers,
Nonetheless she knows that they are nay animals
She walks to them and initiate discussions with them
But alas, they could not hear her, neither
Could she hear them. They started
Talking through signals and that was how
She was led into the middle of the town
Where they took her to the leaderships of the land
They initiated discussion with her, but none.
Through signals they started talking. They
Clothed her, provided for her accommodation.
A stranger whose complexion is like this woman also visited the
Village. And they brought them together
Though their languages were different, but he
Was able to come in between them. And was able
To take the woman away from the village to the town
From where he finds those who understands her language
Through this she was able to locate her country
Again. And by the time she returns to her country and
Town she discovered that she has been missing for 10 years.
She narrated her ordeal to people and counseled them
On being too secretive about what they
Are doing for life is not a straightforward thing.
The people continue to learn from her
As she carved a new path among the society.
From their cistern of
Knowledge and power. They
Are usually saviors to the
Community where they live
They serve as walls
To them, shielding them
From dangers during the
Day and by night
They would become the
People’s shadows from pestilences
And diseases that may
Want to enter the town.
On another note, when
Those people are grieved
They within fractions of
Seconds could turn
The entire country to
Ashes by their power
And authority, by what
They would say and command
To happen, thus people
Fear them gravely. They
Could neither be moved
To nor be far from
Especially the crème-de-la-crème
In the society. This
Was what was running
Through her mind among
The thicket where she
Has found herself, she
Was expecting powerful spirit
To come to her
Come and address her
Come and interact with
Her and give her
Power which he would
Be using to save humanity
From dangers, hazards, pestilences
Among other things. Her
People have suffered for long
They have been without
Savior after the demise
Of the Senior one as
He was called then
He was the most
Powerful one that lived
The last existing powerful
One in their town before
His death and since
The time he has died
None has risen like
Him in his lineage
All those who have risen
They were all liars
They have all been
Duping people. All they
Do is mount of the
Successes of their fore parents
To address issues, but
Not as if they actually
Possessed powers like their
Fore parents. People hardly go
To them again, because
They have known that
They are bunch of
Liars riding on the
Glories of their fore parents.
This runs through her mind
Thence, she waited there
Waiting for the spiritual beings
Arrival to show her the
Way and instruct her the more
On what she should do
How she should be going
About things. But she
Waited in this position for about
Two days, gathering from
The daybreak but nothing
Happened. Then she knew
That something strange has
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