A Love Poem (For Agnes) Poem by Ifeoluseyi ifeoluwapo Ifeyemi

The merry of rodents on berries
Not only stupifies my senses
It begs a million rethorical questions
Alas! Answers are mine to answer
Life like rodents lives largely on affections
From father to mother
Of nuptial knots of partners
From nature to nurture
Of cradle to mother's nurture
I have had stereotyped stories
Of how women worry the indifference of men
But I say: let them live without one and learn,
The misery of in celibacy of not having one
For life would leave them on the run to emptiness
And their home shall be buoyant of barreness
I have found the fire of affections
It is the eyes of pure passions
Residual in your sublime smooching
And aired by your unconditional loving...
Without you I am lost
Lost literally in plain sight
Ah! Losing you is my greatest fright