My Beloved

You are my sacramental palace, O queen,
Domicile where my love have been
Waiting. Would I guess your name,
My dame, I will call you mine-
If you lovingly could be keen
To call me yours. I have seen

And looked love in the blinking eye,
You! My sacramental tarbanacle, dry
Of complaint, soft like an infant's palm,
Tender tendril of yam sprouting, sly
So gracious that I gasp wryly, 'why?'
Sagacious serpent gliding so high.

To capture my soul and wean it
Of hate. You career my heart beat
Not with clinical vessel so slow.
But with your voice smoothly knit
In sequence of all of its heat
A spectacle of a marveled kindred spirit.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011

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Osita Avatar
November 18, 2011 at 1:47 AM
I like this verse. I like the expressionist position you took in the poem. Also well used is the enjambment. Have a blissful day,bro
Mehta Avatar
November 14, 2011 at 6:53 AM
Very impressive write, Onyebuchi
Okonkwo Avatar
November 14, 2011 at 10:59 AM
Thank you Dr. Mehta for commenting...
A   Avatar
November 13, 2011 at 9:06 PM
very captivating.. Enjoyed stopping by tonight, have yourself a lovely night ;-) ,..p.d.
Okonkwo Avatar
November 14, 2011 at 12:11 AM
Thanks for the comment P.D.
Okonkwo Avatar
November 13, 2011 at 2:28 PM
u are awesome catie. why wldn't I read your poem? lots of love~ O.O.
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