Forgiving Solitude Poem by Chibueze Oscar Osuji

FORGIVING SOLITUDE

Solitude is wrongful let my tears shed
Cry of loneliness, for I can not bear
To see the crowding world that I'd long fled,
To seek the cloak of solitude to wear;
How wrong was I, (now I see crystal clear
That sol'tude was my foe and not my friend)
Will I forgive you, while you wrong me dear?
I may forgive solitude in the end.

Take-off, solitude from my hosting head
For she dizzy my vision here and there;
No one by my side, this I sadly dread
I hate to stay in sol'tude year to year
To live lone and die; This I greatly fear,
I wish to join the chatt'ring world and spend-
-Time away, if this come to pass i'll swear-
-I may forgive solitude in the end.

In solitude as the unborn or dead
While I stride through haunting earth in despair,
I take the loneliest of all paths to tread
Away with myself, in my lonely lair,
Sol'tude by my side whisp'ring in my ear
Telling lone tales, I can not comprehend
I pray my lonely life, should disappear
I may forgive solitude in the end.


But once I'd join the crowding world in cheer
I'll care-less if solitude i've offend;
If solitude repents and do not dare
I may forgive solitude in the end.