Upon His Thoughts Poem by Adeosun Olamide

He saw a man look at me
He saw another wink- at
The priest hugged us
-He thought me blush
-He thought him held me longer
His baby fed, fondling my breast,
He caught me smile as he did
-He looked away, to thoughts
-He thought he wasn't his
-And thought too someday I'll leave
By error, he put some ill in my lotion
-That saw my flesh peel, my face rust
By error, he burnt fingers our baby
By error, he did

He heard the priest say_ tis better
-He saw malice in him
-Why he anointed my head longer
-How the baby smiled in his embrace
And he thought genetics some flaw-
But some tests soon stem the doubt-
Yet he awake_ stayed
Thinking, thinking -upon my leave
He touches me, noting his wrinkles,
He doubts -he quenches my thirst
He looked away and stayed awake
Thinking, thinking- someday I'll be gone

He saw a man look at me,
-And another longer hold to me
He a doctor said, a fibroid in me
-That death in the womb he had removed
Then again- a cancer, a mastectomy
He said ‘a symptom' my having no pain
-Now he looks at me and looks away-
At a marred chest, a charred -look
-Now most think wrong to gaze upon me
But still he saw a man look at me,
And though blind -this man,
He awake stays, thinking still
- I'll leave