By Victor Uzodinma Chukwuma
11. Peace of the end
Before the very end,
No more sore
Will feat the flesh.
Before the very end
No more anguish.
The heart will be the heart.
Before the very end,
Diners of gods
And diners of Satan.
Before the very end
There will be the joy of death,
Then a return for the start.
12. Rain
When the drums sound in the clouds,
And the lights flash up high,
When the sky is painted black,
I put my dancing shoes.
The music
On my roof,
Entangles my straying soul,
Never letting it go.
Not a bird sings,
Crickets lose their tongues,
If they do or don’t
I only hear the music.
In the drumbeats of the gods,
I feel my soul among my frame.
It is never within
This turbulent days.
Drum on gods,
I reach my soul
In your beats.
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.