Chime Justice Ndubuisi Poems

Till the end of time we'd rhyme
The rhyme of our time
Till we cross the borderline
And until that time
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We sojourn through uncharted bushes and paths
Nothing; no trails, just journeying to a nowhere
Inquiring as we go along; sometimes fighting
Man, wrestling gods, defeating beasts and ogres
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I have tried to imagine
A car without the engine.
I have tried to imagine life without you,
I'm sure it has not been given birth to!
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Down in your watery deep
I am drowned like a loose ship.
Deep in the fire from your eyes
Where the rose of beauty burns,
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When this is over
I would like to pull a star
And lock it up in my love jar
Like I'd do a flower!
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For me, it started before I was born
Fear and pain became everything.

We fear about almost everything
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And while the music played,
We danced our legs to stupor.
Legs dancing, wrought-stricken upon the floor
While the eternal music played.
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With my fingers crossed
I hold within my head
Thoughts so, so deep,
Like a child in deep sleep:
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Let me call you my woman,
Let me perceive the scent of your skin,
Let me whisper in your ear
I've been dreaming of you my dear.
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In this heart of mine,
Now like ember that burns in the hearth,
True love used to live;
Now it can't even breath.
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