Egele, the Eyes of the Star - a Poem

This love poem will leave you smiling after reading it as the sweet words will cuddle your body making you yearn for more.

 

Egele, the Eyes of the Star - a Poem

 

Egele nwaoma,

The simplicity of your words

Are the dreams 

I wish to ride on tonight

The sweetness of your laugh

Is like the aroma of ofe ugu

It drags my tongue out from its room

Making my heart thump like udu

Forcing me to salivate like Ekemma

That village beauty whose prettiness

Made men of Ibeku mad

And caused jeers and envy

To the hearts of all other maidens

Your beauty was a rare possession

It was you who gave me eyes to see

As you poured your love on me like rain

 

I want to become

That which I am not

By merely looking at the decoration 

On your darling face

The ease at which you disarm me

Tempts me to ask 

Of your onye dibia

At the resurrection of the day

I want to be the one

On whose ears you will whistle

I want you like a burning love

 

Nwanyioma, you are the dream 

Every man wants to dream

You thrill my soul with your majesty

Like a green plant blossoming near a river

You are fresh like the new moon

Come to my heart and sleep here

In this space of royalty reserved for kings

Please, come and inhabit my heart

For I see my future in you.

 

(Egele nwaoma - name of a pretty woman.

Onye dibia - traditional herbalist.

Ofe Ugu - a local delicacy prepared using vegetable leaf.

Udu - a local vessel or idiophone of the Igbo people used to produce sound.

Ibeku - Ibeku are a clan of the Igbo people of Nigeria)

 

- written by Alexander Thandi Ubani

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