By Victor Uzodinma Chukwuma
37. My Love
I heard a sweet song, saw a figure
Come through the bend,
An elegant Charioteer
In a lonely lane.
Charioteer of peace and love,
I have longed for you,
The spots I see are leopards,
The claws are they yours?
Which is your face
In this kaleidoscope?
My searching eyes sag,
My xerophytic soul wilts.
Come on
With the beats of the heart
Charioteer of peace and love,
If you are my Love.
38. Success far apart
I am going again to the alter,
Through the evasive bush path,
The carnivorous mountains
That eat human flesh.
I am going again God
Let fruition grease my charred hands
And kiss out this dripping agony.
My seasonal lantern wipes,
Their worshiping eyes cry
Before fate lottery stand.
Let me not be Cane I plead,
Bloodshot eyes dwell in my socket
In season anguish lacerates my tendons.
Now the summoning gong is clinking,
Let in this emerging shore,
My soul anchor.
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.
