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SONS OF THE SUN by Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan

1/3/2020

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In this place,
Boys are born in the evening
And are told not cry until
They find a space to stand within the sun
As stars bigger than the moon.

​Boys crawl into men

By presenting their chest as a gourd holding liquid traumas
Crossed with the weight of tomorrow.

Unborn babies run away from being born a boy---
The world is so calmly stacked with girls.
 
Sons inherit burdens from their fathers
Strivings/strivings
To hold the weight of the body
To hold a path through which the dreams
Of others walk into reality.
 
Sons take the form of the sun,
They brighten others through the glints of their sweats,
But no one ever thinks the sun will be
Needing a star by its side like the moon.
 
Our bodies,
Celebrate pilgrimage, a visiting place
Stop by; take a nap: stand: go;
We learn under the shade of a flower/
How best to visit an infirmary
When it rains heavily on our daughters
But forget to tell our sons
That a shade is also for them when the sun heat's too much.

Nwuguru Chidiebere Sullivan is a budding writer who writes from the soul about himself, his life and the ebbing African culture. He is a penultimate medical Laboratory science student, who hails from Ebonyi State, Nigeria.

​He has lots of unpublished artworks to his credit. His works have been published in the Quills, Ace World, and has also contributed in many anthologies.
8 Comments
Emmanuel Akonu link
2/3/2020 11:21:18 pm

This poem is about the misfortune of being a boy child because of the so many responsibilities attached to boy like- inherit burdens from their father and sourcing the family which is like growing old and forgeting what it is to be young

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Esterifiedpersona
7/3/2020 02:44:10 pm

I love, love this poem. For a society that has not fully awakened to the feminism cause, it's refreshing to see the men being spoken for too. We all need to be heard, we all need to be felt.

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Okaformbah Christiana link
11/3/2020 11:49:26 am

What we see in this poem, it's true definition of a growing male child.
How struggles are done to make them strong not minding if they are weaklings.
An infant male getting scared of becoming a Man because of responsibilities that will be bestow on him.
It's surely is a good poem about BOYS becoming
MEN 😘

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Eunice link
12/3/2020 11:20:30 am

I think this is the first poem I've read that really captures the metamorphosis of a growing boy to a man.
It's a good read

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John Dare Okafor
16/3/2020 06:46:41 pm

The poem transported me back to my childhood, as reminiscence how I metamorphose into the man I have become today just by being a boy.

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mfonobong udofia
23/3/2020 04:49:13 am

This is a very nice poem. It shows that behind the smiles of a boy child is the fear of him becoming a man. This poem mirrors the society we live in where the male child is being planted with the belief that weakness (crying) is an offence and that it's solely his duty to provide and secure the family without thinking that he too is a human and is subject to fear. The boy child protect the girl child but who protects him(the boy-child).
To this end, this poem is a spoken word with free verses.

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Mona Theresa
25/3/2020 11:30:15 am

Men and boys. Lies and macho. Society and burdens. Magnificent write up

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Emurotu Akpowevwe Roy
27/3/2020 05:43:38 am

It's a good poem

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