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!