This peaceful yet encouraging poem by one of our most cherished contributors should give you a reason move on, even when things get tough.

This short piece of poetry by Naa Takia is filled with optimism and hope. It is a silent call to revolt against the any adversity, every adversary on the difficult path to fulfilment. Enjoy!

HOME WILL BE BEAUTIFUL

Someday we will leave

this pain behind,

and all the suffering

that has been etched

on our skin will fade away.

We will tear into new bodies

created out of our will to live.

Home will be beautiful

and I promise,

we will get there.

Read more from V. Naa Takia on her blog.

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The Poet:

Born Ghanaian; I never really wrote anything until age 14 when I had begun to write a few short stories. Before then, reading for me was mostly on billboards and the few books I got from my friends in school, but my interest in novels would peak really fast.

The first poem I wrote was ‘morally wrong’. I still cannot bring myself to recollect the erotic words of ‘Climax’. But that was what broke the ice for me. I quickly found my voice in another way—poetry. And this is what I love to write now.