By Victor Uzodinma Chukwuma
63. The Ark
How shall a few
Live in the Ark?
How shall a few
Plague the rest?
They must also die in the deluge,
Since we shall not live.
Live, they shall not,
Like the Romanovs their scions will be.
Let the god of the few come,
If he comes, arguing against this verdict,
And ours stays beyond, know you,
In no god will I believe.
64. A Child’s Eye
Look into a child’s eye:
The bright morning glory,
And guilt will speak
In your Sun baked heart.
Look at this mirror of angels,
Your dilapidated edifice won’t
Need loquacious gods
To walk the straight line.
Look at this new moon,
The depths of your soul
Will throw up its debris.
Believe, beckon, you will a story to tell.
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.