More Than Just A Lovely Friend Poem by Ola Joseph Kolawole

From the depth of the love-shaped dome within,
An ecstatic inconvenience thrives...
From the abundance of the same;
Encomiums abound,
Factual truths – with no obsequiousness

Words meet words in my heart
The latter gliding upon the former
Hurrying through my blood veins
To my tender loving hand
Flowing by transmission to my golden pen
... and now, ecstatically dancing on my scroll…

I’ve got words to say in writing
About My Sweet Friend…
– Or healthier said –
To this jewel... more than just a Lovely Friend.

How sweet the words of your mouth has been
Every single time you choose to speak;
How sweeter your wise counsels had been
Oozing forth from your quintessential wisdom

Melodious art thine voice, Lovely friend;
Yes, more melodious art thine sense of affection.
Broad art thine smiles, Sweet Heart;
Yes, broader art thine generosity.

Smile again, my Beloved
Yes, laugh again the contagious laughter
That emanates from those glittering enamels
...I need to smile and laugh again.

Come to the kitchen of my love
And watch my love prepare my favourite delicacy
Or better still, join us at the dinning
And experience with us, the unveiled koinonia.

Thou epitome of astuteness
Thou paragon of intrinsic worth
Thou charity embodied
And a fountain of acumen

All hail the Acme of Beauty
All hail Understanding made flesh
All hail Knowledge typified
All hail My Lovely Queen-Friend


Who had loved me this much…
Even when I’m not the “he”

August 6,2008
Kola Ola