Come

Come Come For The lights have all disappeared And the torch lamp’s weary To block darkness For Darkness is eternity! Light your red candle O chase lonesomeness The deep lonesomeness By the soft sound of your voice Your nightingale voice And Speak that Chinese When you come Come when the winds blow Come when trees crawl Come when birds sing Of turtledove birds come And Come when I come Let’s come together, all our life! Oh, the night and the torch lamp O at a dark night of a rainy season And At Elobi for a forlorn student It’s strident. Douala, June, 2014