By Victor Uzodinma Chukwuma
1. Mystic Sister (For Ifeanyi Okonmah)
Like a gentle breeze,
Thou has youth and age,
That is pulsating.
Like a great divide,
Thou has the difference,
That is clear.
Like a morning rose,
Thou has freshness,
That is soothing.
Like a jar of honey,
Thou has sweetness,
That won’t go sour.
Like my soul,
Thou has a mystery,
That is a beauty.
Thou art the salt of the Earth.
2. Oneness, My Heart’s Lane
There is only one way
To heaven.
One through my heart,
And one through your heart
Warm and gay,
It stretches.
Through Golden pines,
Up the hill and down.
Up, up it goes,
Crossing rivers.
Deep jungles it passes,
Till the lord’s door.
Let’s take it,
And feel one.
One through my heart,
Let it pass through your heart.
For the Lord wants a twosome,
Early tomorrow morning.
Victor Chukwuma, Professor of Physics, renowned for his immense contribution to the development of Astronomy and Space Science in Nigeria, is Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Nigeria and the Nigerian Institute of Physics.
