Sunday, March 12, 2017

ODE TO NIKE BISI-TAIWO

 Tolu' Elusiyan


Today, in the not too long distant past. The world for the first time knew silence
For about forty five minutes
Birds of the air stood still
And there was darkness in the heart of men
Expecting a new born whose destiny would radiate light

Nature for the first time recorded the unfounded
Voices of the sparrows
And behind the horizon of the rumbling sky rained confusion
In the darkness of doubt was the birth of doubtless light
Upon whose shoulders the empire would rest.

It is the birth of Hercules only not of zeus
But of the family of BISI-TAIWO
The birth of beauty: ADENIKE BISI TAIWO
A face seen passing in a crowded street
A voice thin and heard large and soft
Smiles like the twinkles of the stars
Uprightness coupled with brightness
Dove like nature stand! What a beauty to behold!

And from that moment life was transformed
And we became of more heroic generation
Meet to freely ask and give
Fated that is fated
Brought me to the front
Young warlock to ADENIKE BISI-TAIWO
My great friend with black beauty
Whose spoken English can dazzle the mind

No knowledge taught by unrelenting years
Can quench this untamable desire
The space in the bright teeth
Call for the worship of beauty
the woman of unquestionable virtue
Discipline is her moral
Whose self-confidence can penetrate the wall
Moving steadily to the realm of kindness
If I come to the world again and again

I would love to meet you!

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