Journey To The Hills
Author: Keneivito Christopher Sophi (Trek Leadership Course | October 2019) The beautiful song of my homeland by J. B Jasokie goes like this- While in distant land away, I contemplate the beauty of my homeland. It brings solace, it brightens my spirit. My yearning for you is never so great till I depart from you. The land of my nativity. Adorned with rivers and mountains, Your magnificence surpasses human descriptions. I recall the harvest time with raptures, With the moon and stars with rare brilliance shine, Brightening our way as we carry the crops home My beautiful homeland. I was always fascinated by the idea of “learning as much as you can by doing as much as you can”, but being born and brought up in a conservative society, I never had the opportunity to learn as much as I can by doing as much as I can. Many a time I would think of the mountains and talk to myself. How they stand so high and calm when we human be...