The Veiled Poem by Chris Jibero
The Veiled
Why be a migratory mirage
On a paved avenue
That shall take you to untold
Bounty and bliss?
Why slip from my glue-painted
Hands like the weird sister's
Eel in a sea of innumerable
Buxom beauty contestants
Advertising their comeliness
To chronic bashful bachelors
As nubile African damsels
Graduating from a fattening
House?
Why shrink as a timid youthful
Manhood soaked in an avalanche
Amidst nude pretty princesses?
Why reject the vessel of honey
That saunters unto your bosom
At a desert where no buoyant
water but miserly sweat issues?
Discard your vulnerable veil
That holds captive your
Voluptuous frame and debar
Me from imbibing the portion
Of madness that is often
Recklessly brandished in
My resolute face
Come this sun-daring dawn
When you will not dissolve
Like congealed palm oil
Exposed to fierce tropical sun
Tarry not for my blood bubbles
Better than fresh unadulterated palm wine
Tarry not any longer for fleeting time
Favours not beauty and untapped love.
(c) Chris Jibero.1991.
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4/23/2024 4:08:00 AM # 1.0.0.1119
This is a wonderful example of a young man's want for his beloved! Almost comparable to the 'Song of Solomon'. Enticing with metaphor which bespeaks your heritage! May your longing for union with your heart's desire be quenched in the passion of your invitation! Simply put...a beautiful poem!