I am Back

„I had a date in the bush With all the gods, So I went. I had a date in the bush With all the trees, So I went. I had a date in the mountain with the Kontomble. I went because I had to go. I had to go away to learn How to know. I had to go away to learn How to grow. I had to go away to learn How to stay here. So I went and knocked at doors Locked in front of me. I craved to enter. Oh, little did I know The doors did not lead outside. It was all in me. I was the room and the door. It was all in me. I just had to remember. And I learned that I lived Always and everywhere. I learned that I knew everything, Only I had overlooked things. I learned that I grew Only I had overlooked things. Now I am back, remembering. I want to be what I know I am, And take the road we always Forget to take. Because I heard the smell Of the things forgotten And my belly was touched. That’s why I had a date with the bush. That’s why I had a date with the hill. That’s why I had a date with the world under. Now, Father, I’ll take you home. I am back." – song of Dagara people