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Olusola

Olusola,

Raven black beauty

Like glistening earthenware smiled upon by the sun

A gift given me by the almighty

Found upon a path laced with flowers crowned with thorns.

She was like seeing the sun at night

With all traces of darkness swallowed by the day

Wrong became right

And for days, her name was all I could say.

Memories of her voice serenaded my nights

And my days became filled with images of her

Hollow enclosures of my heart became filled with bright light

And the longest distances seem not so far.

Olusola!

At her gentle laughter

Whispers from a flute

Played by a master

Does nothing but keep mute.

Her words give strength to my bones

And makes me spring to height I want to reach

Her lips like an ice cream cone

Sweetness of strawberry with a touch of peach.

Alas!

We are in a battle against fate

Against what path to take

Would our folks embrace us with hate

Or bless our union with a wedding cake?

For she is the cross

And I’m the crescent

But our love has a gloss

Despite our religious descent.

Is their hate worth our love?

The latter is stronger

Than the wings of a thousand eagles in the sky above

Flapping their way into the sky, further and longer.

I could have written finer words

But like the lyrics of a true love song

Accompanied by the sound from the guitar chords

This is the plight of our love, still going strong.

Olusola,

We’ve sang the song of our living together

It’s my dream that we dance to the beat

And if it’s our destiny that man shall put asunder

Olusola omo ajodidi eran…lets change it.

poem by Muideen Olawale Jimoh
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