Don't Ever Leave Me Poem by ObiGod Chidi CC

DON'T EVER LEAVE ME

You are my Shepherd
And I should not have wanted;
Found it hard being a sheep,
Ignorant of the stalking leopard
That tails my faith undaunted.
Lust called me out of your keep
Towards the sweet banks of hell
To trespass where I can't leave to tell
Even as you yell, I lie and exhale.

Straying tastes as the laps of a lass,
Munched with greed as a prodigal meat,
Yes, it is as a glittering Bahamas grass
That goat sniffs not but feast and eat.
It's always been my dream to rise high
On your wings, but I fancy what doesn't fly
That soaked my wools to sink beneath,
Down to the sulphur pasture of death.

I told myself I'm following you,
Nay, maybe the fragrance of my lie;
A green lining in my arrogant sky;
Prayer: the ephod where I speak to you
Like holy Nicodemus from dark creek
Throwing ignorance as starved questions
Panting after wisdom in shivering notions,
Cut my prodigal tail till I stand meek.


I'm here again, back from the sour wild
Praying that you won't ever leave me;
In your fat mercy chastise me but mild,
For I pray still, "Don't ever leave me."
The sight of wolves alone is killing,
And the roar of beast once strangled me
Yet the way You show up is thrilling.

31-07-2016