O legs, why have you refused to dance
Even when the sound of the music is so beautiful
O mouth, why have you refused to say amen
When the prayers are being made on the altar
O body, why hath thou failed to move
To the rythm of the drumbeats all around
O mouth, why hath thou turn frowning to thy companion
Even when you are surrounded by laughing colleagues
My heart has also failed to rejoice
Though there is all to be happy about
All these because of my supposedly vanished loved treasure
Alas! After a ring, the sound of my beloved treasure echoed in my ears
Oh! What kind of peace and joy I feel again
Though kept away by distance
The connection of the hearts bring us close to each other
And all that I could not do, i've started doing
Because my beloved treasure can still be treasured after all.
It's not what you think o.
Happy New Year 2009.
Adedayo Adeniyi
(Dayo Nigeria)
January 2, 2009.
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Very lovely poem...but please tell me what it is so I do not think too much: -)
ReplyDeleteWishing you a happy new year and thanks for your encouraging words on my blog.
Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteThat was beautiful
ReplyDeleteI thought i was reading psalms for a min
@ rita: It was actually the fear of losing a loved one that gave me a sleepless day on the first day of a new year...guess that's kinda explanatory.
ReplyDelete@ shona: Wishing you a happy new year too.
@ olamild: I'm flattered, but the fear of some things could actually make you do extra.thanx.
Nice poem bro..but what does it have to do with o? Is there something you haven't told me?
ReplyDeleteOk just saw your comment to Rita...
@ writefreak: sis, nothing is happening o. i'm still as single as ever, thoug we don't know what the Lord may be saying sha.
ReplyDeleteI think the explanation helps, now I see the poem in a different light...
ReplyDeletehappy new year
ReplyDeletehappy new year!
ReplyDeletei have never been good with poems so am not even going to try!
nice one!
ReplyDeletehappy new year!