Vantaged:
from where I sit gazing
my window talks to me,
and I see it,
forlorn, misty and dark
shades all grave and gloomy
of nature
starring: trees, skies and stars.
Even the echoes -
waft through
as emissaries,
chorusing in the nightly waves
from a vigil near by
adulation to heavens.
That I lie awake,
this I must
and dance with my pen
in this moonless night.
Homeland:
pavement of a fallen country,
once great but died -
weary and wretched,
laid waste and
leaving behind,
bewitched, orphaned toddlers.
Yes! Even so,
strangers in their own lands
that must seek refuge
in foreign cities.
Albatross:
Strange!
Such is the new name of my nation
like beads,
we wear you round our necks
to the admiration
of the Ancient Mariner,
who scorns,
and takes to sea;
our hopes and dreams and creed
tag along
in an endless swimming tide.
26/07/2020
Enugu
Nightly Thoughts In An Eastern Morning
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 08/15/2020
Poet's note: Much of my poems, like this one, lends voice to my desire for a new nation where things are organised and everyone treated right irrespective of tribe, religion or sex.
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Poem topics: dance, dark, nature, night, sea, swimming, great, country, ancient, endless, grave, nation, waste, strange, fallen, gloomy, window, I love you, I miss you, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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