What Does Love Want From Me? Poem by G. Akanji Olaniyi

So many times, I ask myself
What does love want from me?
Why have I found myself in this desert?
This desert called loneliness
Why do I carry the burden of “out of love? ”
This emotion stares me in the face?
Slaps me on the right side
I will never turn the left
Never will I! Never! ! Never! ! ! No! No! ! No! ! !
I saw affection bade me farewell
In a fast moving cart
It was being pulled by disappointment
What does love want from me?
Is it confidence, handsomeness, faith or fate;
wealth, commitment or patience?
I wish that it could tell me
And let me know what I should do

OLANIYI G. AKANJI
© 2015