Celestine Ikwuamaesi Poet Free verse

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

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