Angel Of Life Poem by Opeyemi Borisade

Away from Eden's floor where all green arise
Far from the Euphrates, the searing soil baked my root
Sweat from my forehead vanished at the lips of my foot
& I dry as one who pulls arrow at the firey sun

In futility I pressed against time till my last fuse bursted
I could then hear the voices of those who are become immortal
Echoes my ears can't pick rang deep down in my soul
Then I breathed my last as all pictures faded away

Like a sudden break of dawn, a flash broke through my soul
Then oceans of light flooded my eyes as the doors gently quavered
& before me floated an image, white as the mother of snows
She'd picked my last breath as it floated away

On her little fairy wings she flew me back home
Where my final breath'll not find place to leak
As her unending abode here in my heart she makes
& I'll live gathering flowers for your room, you my angel of life