...into words with Sola Oluwasola Kehinde Olowo-Ake

'Between Somewhere and Nowhere is the Sky- a gift' is a piece that was inspired by my Christmas trip to my home, Nigeria, in 2022.The poem is a reflection on time spent with family (both nuclear and extended) but also a documentation of my way finding in life outside of home.


The poem explores the subject of belonging to a place or a people and navigating 'belonging' in a new country that is not my home. Somehow, I am yet to find that in the current place I am in.'Somewhere' a place where I feel belonging. 'Nowhere' a place where I do not.And belonging is not felt because at the core of belonging, for me is being connected physically to my family- the people I am from but have now left behind as I live as an immigrant in a place I feel I can never call home.The water reminds me in its coming and going of myself and my current experience of wayfinding in my life.


'Between Somewhere and Nowhere is the Sky- a gift' is a celebration of family and the bonds that I have formed with them. It is a call to remember where I am from and a reminder that I am loved fully. As the water flows back and forth, so do our memories, bringing calmness and peace. We rely on them to flow to us and meet us again and again, to remind us that we belong 'Somewhere' and one day, we will meet there again.

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