Cupid's Labyrinth Poem by Michael Ezeh

My story is different.

Trust me, it isn't like yours.

We didn't meet under the mango tree.

I was at the crest when she walked in,

at the peak of my foolhardiness.

I thought I had life.

'Your demons have gone rife' whispered my shepherdess.

She did cage them.

She caged them with a holy book and a sizzling smile.

You saved me!

Alas,

when many a lass has failed me.

So we won't need to sing Adele's 'hello',

though I love her resonating notes and solo.

Hinting the strength of femaleness,

reminding me of your patience in my uncalmness.

For you my dearest,

I will cross pollinate a rose and a 'forget me not'

I will name it cupid's labyrinth, for there I will bondage the demons of
the unsaved.

There I will unmaze your message, your bliss.

Lest I forget you said 'even the mighty cattle needs an egret'.

For with one man crew, a ship can't set sail.