Lékeléke Poem by Chukwuebuka Adebayo

Here I was- lovelorn.
Nursing my wish for farandole.
After that cold shady rain,
When all men pick their walks
And the grey hairs gaiting by;
Like little chicks crossing gums
All earth's gullies turned sealet
The night was very damp and quiet
And its hovering was as snowstorm
Lékeléke had gone, bats only hiss;
The moon's cloak was densely soaked
All the stars were beaten so wet too
.....And lost away all their disco lights
That night you came home, O dear love.
That night you came and hugged me up
You came- you came calling my names,
You brought home some flavorful flowers
As your soft hands combed them in my hispid
I stood springy as the height of a tree
You folded me tight to your warmth
Crossed your neck and kissed my ears
As you cleft me 'tween your two boobs
I felt a bursting of spark deep within me
I held you hands, then we transcended
Disembodied into the heavenwards,
I became cherub- you turned harpyja
You put out your wings and I clung on
You led the tour and I simply followed
You asked me questions but I couldn't answered.....
Just because your mouth was wordless
And I couldn't understand that language
I spoke my thousands oaths into it
And your many faithful vows into mine.
We jumped boundaries of many worlds
Some lands were berries, seas were liquors
We saw countless fine supernatural arts;
We saw flying men from the smokes afar
And we beat feathers together to greet,
Some tweeting musics, lights and polished bodies
But O! that night faded into a morning,
I woke up, but you weren't beside me.
I am dreaming or you never came home?
But if you have come home, come to stay.
So I pray the rain bid us such a night
together, if not forever but once again.
¤Sir Ebuka ~2017.