Turbulence
Is this as far as we go?
This seemingly promising egg
Laid by the keen hopes of love
Rearing deliberate cracks...
Is this how far froth
Kisses my feet?
Will not come much further
And envelope my entirety in it's grasp?
Is this the end of promised
Rain on drought?
See, how deep the dryness
Has eaten into earth!
The bell has lost its pendulum,
The clock overticks,
Music lingers yet finds no voice
To unleash its waves.
My eyes have clutched the red-mail,
My hearts to be ripped out
If i do not wrestle with the wall,
If i do not lick feet,
Mere feats of a dog.
Am i a dog?
Should i be a dog?
Why should i be a dog?
I am originally man!
Then, the knot is tied.
I have no teeth,
The air made me old enough to loose them.
My fingers are frail, voice caught by wiles,
No voice to hearken to a kind friend.
So here i am in frenzied silence sober,
Looking up to this white statue
With frozen stretched arms,
Hoping to be embraced?
Copyright © Oluwaseun Ogunbiyi | Year Posted 2011
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