The Sun

Infant jaundice disappears on sighting her,
Her gaze dries up moisture making
laundry man, house wives and farmers smile all day,
Her smiles illuminate and make darkness fall into oblivion,
which also tan my skin and nourish my body,
As I look up; Nay! eclipse! I’ve got to run .  



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Kimathi Avatar
August 28, 2015 at 12:09 PM
A wonderful write and WIN. Congrats Olusegun! ;-)
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August 17, 2015 at 11:19 PM
Olusegun. Congratulations, on what you thought the Answer should be in less than 8 lines.... Always ~SKAT
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August 14, 2015 at 4:18 PM
wow, great metaphoric poem, Olusegun. I actually believed it was a child before getting to the fourth or fifth line (I had totally ignored the title of it before reading! Geeez, seeing the title, I realized DUH, of course it was the sun).
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