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
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poem by Muideen Olawale Jimoh
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