Defiant Love Poem by Frank Bana

Born in the vertigo of love
Raised as we sped towards the sky
Shaped and discovered in the rush
Of primal waves, the passion fire
Created One of us from two
As poetry makes something new
We sat down by the roadside table
Bodies light as molecules
Held by the force-field of our smiles,
The soft portraits of painted eyes.

We drank our tea, stretched out our feet
To touch the warm African street.

It was easier when I was young
You’d fall in love and break a heart
That might be lost or might be your’s
But strong and well disposed to heal
Whenever love had to depart
But now life trembles by its edge
And scars won’t bind so readily
The sunset inched up to our thoughts
Of tearful journeys soon to start,
Defiant, gazing steadily.

We laid down books, pushed off our shoes
And made the love we never lose.