Onishe

Onishe

In the mystic
silence
Of the world, cleans
By sweet-scented
Folds of the night
Spreading it’s power
over the sky

I watch your ripple
smile
Smitten by your bare
beauty
Which pants my
heart.

Mother “Onishe”
I salute your
immortal soul
In you all is in
And of divination
stuff
At your sacred grove
Pleas for suckle of
your sagging breast





Onishe
Here I am
At your majestic
presence with joy,
Seeing the puff of
your breath
Blooming across your
heart.

I did not see but
Stench blood, kola
nut native chalks,
At the fore-walls of
your shrine
And the cold glitter
of your
pure – hearted lover
Preening its beauty
through you

Onishe!
Stretch out your
balsam hands
And touch my heart,
let me
Feel the pleasant
sense of stars,
Of the dark autum
night

Onishe!
Tell me the secret
of
Your uneven head,
the fetter of ogbono
Leaves clogging
Round you, the
gentle
 lyrical pulse which
Falls pleasantly
upon your bosom.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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November 28, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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March 8, 2016 at 11:25 AM
Ndubisi, Enjoyed the way you expressed every line. Please keep writing, hope to see a new one from you again. LOVE LINDA
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January 10, 2016 at 3:54 PM
Ndubisi Anslem Otolokpo, I enjoyed reading your excellent poem today. Thanks for sharing SKAT
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