Oh My Girl.. Poem by Pat Ashinze

OH MY GIRL…

She paces and strides warmly with rotund delight
Her coral beads sparkle tenderly in the sky's light
She's my lotus bloom, ever dauntless in any clime
She's my lady, the essence of my chivalrous rhyme

May the day I came across her never be empty of pride
It was one sort of a day, a time my life was with no guide
Oh girl! Like a parcel of oasis in the arid wilderness
My dame, you stand salvaging with all resplendence

She is so feminine; I see her alive in my brain
So ambrosial, her grace edifies my manly rein
When she smiles, gone is the me I know
Her lustrous gaze humbles down my ego

When she speaks, her aura concatenates with power
Words as buoyant as the gallant waters of Tanganyika
She's an African gem, a force to be reckoned with
Pure and juggernaut; in body, in soul and in spirit

Thoughts and memories are spinning free
Blowing huge and wild like the Iroko tree
Much charming, are you, my avant-garde angel;
The scarcity of the city's many a known model

I know you won't break my heart, affable lily
And in return, my love; verily and intrepidly;
As long as the winds aromatize the great cedars of Lebanon
So help me God, I'll always love you till our souls are gone

Pat Ashinze
August 2016