Lest my feathers shed
Elliptical wishescondensed ultimately
pious prayers
rained ceaselessly
as water spash
on timeless rock
concur i do
but you know
drops at the edge
glide and slide
with each step
we age
fairy wind
from the pacific
breezing
through my heart
lifting
off my core
far far above
Kilimanjaro*
once twice
i looked into your eyes
pulled you out
un rescued
recoiled
deep inner feeling
fragmented
by experience past
Thrice not once
recognition dawned
real is it?
Grand father said:
'every man in love is a poet'
ink my paper
either 'am poet or in love
If you, you ask
'am white with despair
'am green with hope
'am red with anguish
'am blue with desire
I in the moon
you in the sun
two celestial gulf
one spiritual bridge
erased pictures
always leaves a mark
Joy on the web
like agony on spiders' web
reliance on fate
renunciation of volition...
*Kilimanjaro is said to be the highest mountain in Africa
Poetry by chuma okafor
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Written on 2009-04-03 at 09:56
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