Death Night

We fooled the prying sun's eyes
Eyes that revealed our shells
The moon exposed us with shadows
Figures on the alcove with lost identity

We lurked in gloomy path
As stealth as nightmen with fingers 
Interlocked. The night's breeze pecking 
Our cheeks - 'Blessing' for the impending union

Came nights of locked lips in mild combat
And fingers hiding beneath the gown.

On one feverish night the tongue pierced
Through the sliced halves. The forbidden fruit
Devoured with missing dental dam.
That night I died.

After series of earth's revolution consequences
Rained. Then recalling mother's stinging words
"Ifu ife na chonelo, ega bayen nemunno"
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Frank Avatar
February 10, 2021 at 12:43 AM
A good grasp of metaphors and allusion. Adindu! Though night and death are symbols of evil but the poet didn't forget the pleasure of sin, a product of evil entanglement. ??????
Adindu Avatar
February 17, 2021 at 1:47 PM
Your comment is valid. Thanks man. Glad you understood the poem
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