Photo Boys

We snapped memories into photobook
Watching the edges of songful hedges
Draw  a hopeful singlet of grace of
Testimonies conquered in neglected verses. 
We played from the check of honoured
Dimples crossing routes of perfections. 
Here are tunes playing from the photoshop
Of our hearts designing graphics cards
Filled with affections &bubbles of love. 

Portrait of tomorrow carved an amazing 
hours in the street decorated with colours. 
these are colours depicting greatness
freshness &braveness of the voiceful heart
Kitchened through the celestial laughter
Of a slighting mother to her joyfulness.
We are similar, singular and opposite,
We are plural of everything humanity,
Sweetness of every singing lyrics & verses.

Let's this fondleness remain captivating 
boys. Sweet. Bitter. Acidic. Sour. Raw. 
Reflection of the World Series of smiles
Printing names on carved pumpkins leafs 
Boys carrying themselves in their shadows
Carrying themselves in memories of their
Parents' pastoral culture and languages.
Boys spinning into crispy treats of white
dreams written on the stream of the skies. 

We are fascinated about the rare cloud 
journeying towards the stars of our souls
Harbouring our names in a bag of colours 
Imagination are doubtful unperturbed pictures
Painted in the innocent face of boys of tomorrow
After the sun bent the tremour of our rushes
The rain came like a troubadour warrior
Between veteran lips of boys who went &never
returned memories of their family portraits.

We are boys carrying our family's loss 
We are boys carrying our Father's legacy
Bearing the pursuit of our fathers yesterday
Look into our eyes & see our imaginations
those imaginations created by our ancestral 
ancestors for tomorrow to hold our peace.
We may not know that these sands are made
of ridges of boys like us who went carrying 
Pictures of dreams that we could not retrieve.


©John Chizoba Vincent 
From_A_Pen_Refusing_Frustration
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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