Only you can make me feel loved,
Only you
Even if I am angry like Sango
The thunder god
...
I sit on the terraces of happenstances
Gleaning reasons for the cruelty of latent love
I withold my leaning from the writ of hallowed desires
Knowing tomorrow's pang is mired in present joy
...
Reading the pages of time
I court no meaning
Than the well-written credos
On flagrant lies.
...
Chartered chemist, poet and playwright, Opeyemi Dedayo` s poems and reactions to topical issues have appeared in newspapers and magazines. Some of his plays have had public readings to critical acclaim by literary buffs.)
After The Truce
Only you can make me feel loved,
Only you
Even if I am angry like Sango
The thunder god
Or filled with venom like mamba
My heart will not vainly thud
I will still love.
Only you can make me feel loved,
Only you
Even if I am restive like rudderless kids
In a game of skip
Or reckless with words like a drunkard
My feelings for you still speak sense
With a substantial dose of penance.
My love for you remains pure
Like the glacial flow from the spring
My love for you is the green deposit
Of moistened meadows in a rainforest
My love for you is the azure face of the sky
Vast
Endless
Eternal.