When Will My Lover Come At Night Poem by Kojo Owusu

when will my lover come at night
In the dark spells to enthrall my sight
The wild fangs of demure causes unbrage
Its retracing steps i will rage
Against-
Footfalls tender - leaving
I trembled
My soul was unwilling
When you caused the lonely road
I saw the dreadful seperation that will soon unfold
There was a madrigal on my lips unsung
Love words on my lips untold

It is sunset now
The meandering river
Calm and serene without a ripple
The pulsing leaves without a quiver
The chirrups of birds - return sthealthily
To the undergrowth
Of silence

In the cryptic blight
When will my lover come is severed from my wandering heart

The night sky is studded with jewels of stars
And darkness and everything dark
Was imbued with unsurpassed beauty

This is my cry - harrowing anticipation
Would the night be a night of pain
When i swoop down from the sky
Would my ebony grain escape me.