Dear lilies,
your bulb that spring up
are memories of hope and bliss
from flora in solitude.
(A prisoner acquit from confinement)
You rove lonely like the evening Moon
for two lover lurking privily at dark;
it is wonder you unclothe them
where bulbs of you are rooted.
Your varieties, I heard, are flossy
call it a “Rip of van winkle”
with many daisies taking it stands
to flourish in all spring.
The moment I realised how charming
you gloss the month of march
my fingers began sliding into extolment
caressing the faces of your rich flush
that blooms through the venetian sumac.
I fear to tell you how much of your love
that has drown me into your lake—
I'm a body under water.
Each time i walk on the street
my body, a drumsticks playing itself
would feel the rise of sensual excesses
tingling the weak layers of my cells.
Should I tell you why I come out each morning to see you?
because my heartbeats recites in elocution
at the wordings of your songs
& I'll try not to escape the ligature of music
you keep preparing for me.
You devour my heart
I'm afraid to tell you.
I've wanted my diction to appease you, smoulder every ashes infusing your mind like coal to the pot,
but it keeps infusing francophone rhythm, broken vowels clusters & brittle brittle voice.
I don't know how I'll feel
If I thaw the instant gaze frosting
under the radiances of your countenance.
Maybe I'll sink into loneliness all day long;
why I travel to the dark house every night.
Do not frown at this poem I've become, obianuju
I'll no longer lurk privily like Cobra.
I've fortify my heart to harm you via my love
where we could get hitched in the wedlock of the church
reciting poems from song of songs
that spew out from the bosom of Solomon.
Yonder weeping tears
Wondering and weak
Undefiled and tender
Straightway comforting
Clasping her gingerly
Strengthening the soul
Replenishing privily love
Nourish might of mind
Disintegrating past
Renewing the future
Grasping new adventures
One connection of two
Traveling new roads
Never restrained
Tumbling down blocks
Always as one
Wish I could reverse things back to the days
Days when it was just you and I…
Days when everything was just but okay
When our love was unconditional
What we had was just for us; unique
Always there for one another
Gave each other a shoulder to lean on
Reinforced our love with a strong foundation
We were both altruistic, giving our all
Relentlessly worked on our love, despite the ups and downs
Looked into our imperfections
Treated each other with a lot of affections
So it is true that love is blind
Yes! We didn’t see separation lurk privily
Yes! we didn’t see our hearts go asunder
So too much of good something is a blunder?
Now am here stranded
Don’t know which way to go
Wandering in the jungle trying to find my heart
My heart which I gave to you, but you chose to disappear with it.
I got what I sought but lost
Wanted to gain your love but again am in pain
Was this set, or it’s just my fate I met
I tried to relate before it’s late but look I regret
here they come
visionaries of our time
friends from the old
yet feeding on our ignorance
subtle as they are
they lurk privily for their own lives
their net spread in the sight of any bird
taking away life of owners thereof
for the haste to shed blood
their destruction like a whirlwind
deceitfully accruing to themselves