Valerie Poem by Benjuzzy Okpuzor

I will never live to
Leave you, for the day
I do will be the date
They burn my body,

With you in every
Season I see no reason
To stay sad, I wish the
Day never get dark, and

Dead with us, for the
Fear of loosing this
Love sizes, and seals
My heart, I longed for

A song and god gave me
The poetry of you, a soul
Of no sort of stone, in
Samaria I will dwell

With Valerie, like the
Morning sun her beauty
Grows like Madonna, yet
As pure as Diana, I look

Back at yesterday, and
Smile with the thoughts
Of you, and I today, I see
A time when our tale will

Be told by those who knew
Our glory, but not our
Story, yet in every winter
Even without a twinkle of

Light, and life I will
Always be there, as long
As you held me tight in
Your memory