A Poignant Memory Poem by Aliyu Nabulsi

Having discerned your dinky
Voice on that thundery evening
I was completely smitten
By you! I still am
Would that ever be castrated?

Your benign smile
Robbed the last bit
Of gumption left in me
Gee, how enveloped I was
But who is to be blasted?

I became obsessed with you
But you nonchalantly turned me off
Shouldn’t have allowed your
Precious love to brood in
The Holy of holies of my heart, should I?

Remember how interlaced
We turned out to be
The bond that binds us together
Is here to stay! Indestructible!
Not even with the help of an Atomic bomb?

Yoo-hoo! To confer on the
Progeny the zest of life
It is best to iron out
All the wrinkles pronto
Don’t you agree?


(For “A”)