Say Me Well To My Long Lost LoveA Poem by Echezonachukwu NdukaVery well, my dear Bless you, for the years I hung on your heart’s hook Like a wet cloth spread under the scorching eyes of the sun I knew the name we called love. But now, I know not my name anymore. I’m a somnambulist wading through the pool of your heart where our songs Are written with the ink of distrust; fear’s ugly hands stabbed my heart where our love lived. Alas, I caught its hands, snatched the sword and it turned to yours.
Very well, my dear Bless you, for the soothing songs you sang when you sold my love And I knew not. We danced to the rhythm of the owl’s hoot when it perched On the silence of our yearning lips, secrets were boldly written on your forehead. Pity, I knew not my love’s buyer. But the seller is the fear that sits across me and stares.
Farewell my fear, I do not know you Say me well to my long lost love Our kisses our buried in the waves of the sea On this shore, we paid love thirty pieces of silver.
Farewell my heart, I’ll forsake you today. Say me well to my long lost love Your dirge was played when night died in distress On these pages, inks witness the weight of betrayal.
Farewell. Farewell. © 2014 Echezonachukwu Nduka |
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Added on February 10, 2014 Last Updated on February 10, 2014 AuthorEchezonachukwu NdukaNigeriaAboutEchezonachukwu Nduka is a Nigerian poet, short fiction writer and essayist. He is the Bronze Prize Winner of the 4th Korea-Nigeria Poetry Feast. He was listed by The Kalahari Review as the most read .. more..Writing
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