By Victor Uzodinma Chukwuma
35. I thought it Love
Nourishing soil,
Flourishing pasture, no more.
Morning shall on our Soul’s alter
Dissect this bond
With vulture’s peck.
Noon will unfold new petals,
In its brilliant beams
Our mirage shall dance last.
Night will surely berth,
In its darkness
I won’t see your colours again.
36. Plea for Life
Genesis of death
Vibrate in the third order.
Before helpless vigil,
I cry:
Be gone hollow Earth,
Be gone crypt,
Pass away.
Why on dirge
In my dawn,
The lane is not halved,
The message undone,
Be gone hollow Earth,
Be gone crypt,
Pass away.
Wait for dusk;
At you I will beckon
When the season dues.
But now
Be gone hollow Earth,
Be gone crypt,
Pass away.
Victor Chukwuma, Professor of Physics, renowned for his immense contribution to the development of Astronomy and Space Science in Nigeria, is a Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Nigeria and the Nigerian Institute of Physics.
