Dare To Love
Shall I say I care
yet not dare show I do?
Your looks lock onto my eyes:
the charm, the shine spells
me pale.
I try to brace up flickering courage,
but fumble——fear pecks at my heart;
alone, I'm lost hugging
a dumb hearth all night,
weeping.
My eyes redden at dawn...bulge
at the budding white rose
drooping in glistening dew.
I can't just bear the flare
in my heart.
Oh...
I dare not!
© 2016 Celestine S. Ikwuamaesi
Copyright © Celestine Ikwuamaesi | Year Posted 2016
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