'The Drifting Soul' Poem by Okonkwo Osamedua. Allen

'The Drifting Soul'



O! For that leaf in the mighty boundless sea!
In a world larger than its soul will ever be
On that deep, wild, and silence sea
The soul so lonely drift aimlessly free!

O! .for that youth from mortal breath plucked.
In the bowel of the earth untimely locked
The world is a lonely place, the grave lonely still
The soul grieves but tell no one will
Does it roam every earth's dusty way
Or remain where its lifeless form doth lay?
Does it drift with the wind endlessly free
Like that leaf in the mighty turbulant sea
Or perharps it journeys through time and space
Until it finds a perfect resting place!

POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
A dear friend passed on few weeks before, i was siting at the Lagoon front (University of Lagos, Nigeria) , a cool and lovely place to find solitude and peace. Then i noticed leaves falling into the water, and gentle waves moving them to and fro. I took notice of a particular small leaf and wonder where it would finally end up.

Somehow, i remembered my friend and likened her passing to a single leaf cut off from the main tree, and drifting endlessly on the wide open water, then i wondered where the drifting soul would finally find peace! !

A tribute to Bimbo-My dearest friend. Rest in perfect peace! !

©Allen 2003
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