So In A Desert Love Rained Poem by Obed Akuma

A long distance I traveled,
Water to quench my thirsty I searched.
At a distance I saw a reflection, gladly I approached.
Drawing my calabash as closer I edged,
Blowing the dust off the calabash my heart throbbed:
Throbbed so rhythmically as to sound;
To sound like a drum in a music band.
But on I braved,
As a soldier from a battle field:
Full of pomposity and composed,
Full of expectancy and un-frenzied.

The closer I seemed the farther the reflection seemed.
The closer I edged the more the dust spread,
Spread up my feet unshoed.
But on I marched.
Hoping the reflection will be stopped,
By some force beyond.
On, my spirit by the thirsty was urged,
Wishing to get to that pool and be cooled.
Be cooled from the life being heated
Being heated by singleness unmatched.

But, as on the reflection moved,
Farther from the reflection I neared.
My heart sank when realization hit my mind
That in a desert the hot sun is reflected.
To create a mirage that disguised
As a water in a bond.
My heart throbbing heavily became deflated,
As it realized that it was love miraged.
But then a cool breeze brewed.
In a subtle darkness my presence was engulfed.
A bit surprised, up I looked
A thick cloud covered,
The blue azure of the heavenly field.
A small smile from my mouth was generated,
With joy a heart-beat I missed.
As the drops fell around,
All around from heaven it poured.
It poured in a desert, more love and love, and I was loved.
And was assured that for forever I will be loved by a Friend
Who for my sins died and resurrected
You too are being loved by the same Friend
So in a desert love rained