The Road

Dark stripe night-like silvery shadow,
  Bottom of an earthen pot of a kind,
  Hallowed sepia-eyes of Black Dahlia in her dying glow
  Expressway etched intaglio,
  Through miles of my crazy driving mind,
 
  It is dawn,
  Under  a cloud, peeps the sun,
  While morning dew is still fresh,
  On the leafy flesh,
 
  In front lies my life,
  The sesame yawning road doses starving,
  It is the day of my harvest moon
  And i must be home,
  To reap the corn of lonely broken hearted living,
 
  Embarking on a journey to build my hope,
  On the beyond stubbles of life,
  By loosely trailing on so labyrinthine along a
  strange rope,
  Where will this romance
  With the Anaconda leads?
  Maybe destined like the road to somewhere leads,
  When will this sojouner comes to the remembrance
  And comes to the crossroads,
  Of life's all unending trods?
  Helplessly! my days keep throwing up the sponge, 
  When will i plunge
  Into the mirage ocean,
  Of oblivion?
 
  This road leads  
  To the sleepy lull,
  This road leads 
  To the seraphic soul,
  Over the lily covered Hilly
  Down the unbeknownst far fir forested valley,
  It goes on eternally.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Dietrich Avatar
January 17, 2011 at 8:23 PM
Congratulations on this most poetic writing. LUv, Andrea
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January 15, 2011 at 2:00 PM
Congratulatons on the well deserved win in the contest,Afolabi
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January 15, 2011 at 11:21 AM
Congrats Afolabi on your well deserved win in this contest!
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January 15, 2011 at 10:38 AM
Congratulations Afolabi to you for your win in Deborah Guzzi's contest "Foreign Exchange". Love, Carol
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January 15, 2011 at 2:54 AM
afolabi.. so liking this with all its charm.. CONGRATS to you! :) nette
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January 14, 2011 at 8:04 PM
Congrats Afolabi on your wonderful win in Debbie's contest with this exciting entry .. enjoy your special win with luv..
Guzzi Avatar
January 14, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Dear new poet friend, an EXCELLENT write, yet...you didn't put where you were writing from? [fret] had you, you would have been in the top 10! NO MATTER! Congrad's and keep writing these jewels. Light & Love
Guzzi Avatar
January 11, 2011 at 6:29 AM
So very interesting! NEW imagery Thanks so much for the entry please just note for us what country you are writing from? Since we can not see your flag when we read the verse. Light & Love
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December 31, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Afolabi, congrats on your featured poem of the week. Hope you are enjoying the new year. May you be blessed with a wonderful & joyful New Year! Take care*Luv~SKAT
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December 28, 2010 at 12:53 PM
Interesting descriptive work..Congratulations on your work being featured this week..Sara
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December 28, 2010 at 7:41 AM
Excellent write you have here my brother... i love every line of this poem.. Well written and very precise... Let me hear more from you....
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December 28, 2010 at 6:14 AM
Congrats on having your poem being featured on the Poetry Soup home page this week. Please keep your creative caps on, let your poetry pen keep painting your poetry pads with colors of creativity. Thanks for sharing this with us and have a wonderful week ahead. Love always, Adeleke
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December 27, 2010 at 8:44 AM
Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week at PoetrySoup Afolabi. Love, Carol
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