Circle Of Love Poem by Chidi Okoye

We have moved in circles. 
We have danced from the east to the west. 
We have crawled from the south to the north. 
We learned to dance the dance of lust to echo the 
songs of love. 
We were taught the values and need of good fruit,  
But, we couldn't hold on in midst of the 
turbulent, evil winds. 

We were fortified by the walls of our own will. 
Freely given the powers of choice, as keys to 
golden gate of promises. 
Like the giant eagles surrounds her chicks with 
love and care,  
we are guided by a sea of love. 
Like the moon is guarded by the standing stars,  
so we are shielded in the circle of love. 
We are held and nurtured from the womb to the present. 

We experience the songs of love differently from 
the sides of the circle. 
We feel the touch of love, like the sea's wind,  
caressing us. 
Despite the past and the scary moments we embraced 
to get to where we are, we have been blessed. 
The mountains would not have towered so high,  
were it not for the valleys. 
So, we wouldn't have come this far without the winds 
of love. 

Despite the killer jaws and crushing claws of evil,  
the nature's love has never eluded us. 
Close your eyes, look around, feel the sun, the moon,  
the wind and count your blessings of love. 
No matter what you feel, no matter what you see in your mirror,  
stay in the circle and love with all your might... 
like tomorrow without end. 
Circle of love.