By Victor Uzodinma Chukwuma
82. Lift the Darkness
The cocks yet crow,
the mouth yet sour,
the leaves
yet heavy with dews.
This is morning
the clay lantern
not long off,
listen.
Play deaf to the flutes
of the day
that blow chasm our gap
and gloom our morning.
I love you
nobody believes
even you,
you are unconvinced.
Now on my knees,
I plead lift the darkness in your eyes
and see my bleeding,
and in the river of my blood
the cells of my love for you.
Lift the darkness in you,
let me adore you
and we shall live
endlessly joyful after dusk,
the gloom of the world
83. Devoid Moments
A day without She
is like a ramshackle Bolekaja Bus
hurdling along a road stuffed
gaping pothole.
The night is an embrace
with loneliness on a long steep vicious ladder,
a dance in agonizing thought,
an Owl all night.
What again?
Yes, I sit by and watch
the soundless motion picture
that becomes my world.
But I wait
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.
