The Reflection Poem by Poet Akinwemimo Idris

THE REFLECTION
(for the beloved; Alake)

But here still,
I am just for you.
Like a crippled hill.

The song-birds,
We used to see,
Along the river side,
Up not to nothing else.

If though they are,
Listen then to mine...
As I sing through,
The throat of breeze.

Fear no more!
I am here to stay...
The lonely ways,
You lonely walked,
Tonight and forever,
Will convey our soles.

You are the mirror,
Of my night walks.
You are the figure,
Behind reflections.

Breath... but,
Assuming life,
Perfect to be,
We would have,
Walked perfectly,
Beyond its perfection.

Still but the same!
A path jointly trek,
Saver than the route,
Lonely walked.



she thought she is lonely, but these words are enough to assure her my being with her.


*Alake is a female name of human being in Western part of Nigeria.


19TH AUGUST 14.
11: 15
Kwara State