Nehi Igbinijesu
Alas,
The dawning of stellar day
Lurid and long awaited
Like lyrics from another plain
Prior warnings that gladden
A soul heeding the elder’s pall
Reveries romantic
That only old age brings
Lessons of life and wounds
That time can singly heal
And so shortened
With self-fun and joy
Such time to muse
At life’s grand hog plot
Should I have loved more
And done this or that
Believed him or her
Timeless true thoughts
Denied, defied, un-lied
Seethed in contentment
That I learned life live
I often knew no better
Than all I did achieve
In strides of listless candle lights
Grappling with gentle breeze
So is the path of everyman
Brightly burnt and blown out in the wind
This poem is part of the anthology of 30 poems titled: “Dirges of The Niger” By Nehi Igbinijesu.
