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INCONSTANT BELOVED by Mayowa Ifedayo

Mayowa IfedayoMay 3, 2016July 16, 2017

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At eventide,

Under the roseate glow
Of the receding  sun
I sauntered down the road
To where my beloved dwell
Not far-off from my own abode

Fast by his threshold
A low moan issued from his room
I made open the unlocked door
And so I happened upon him
Mightily taking his mistress
My eyes grew wide in shock

I made as if to storm,
But then stopped
Loosed upon me, an exquisite pain
Felt with every fibre of my being
Soundlessly, I turned around
Post-haste, homeward bound

In great dolour, I walked onward
Carrying my enfeebled feet
Heedless of the lowering clouds
Lightning flashing, thunder pealing
Yet I walk onward
And so the heaven opened

Pouring, the rain
The entire me suffused with it
Thus I quiver in frost, yet
I walked my leaden leg in the drenching rain
And so the inky blackness of the night cast over me

The evanescent rain went home
Afterwards , I gained my shelter
All rain-drenched
I laid, inert in my bed
With an unblinking stare,
My eyes cast into the void

Benightedly, I fell in the arms of Morpheus
And I saw the door opened with a groan
Came in, my inconstant lover
He drew nearer and sat fast by me
I couldn’t cast a look at him
For scalding tears welled up in my eyes

He pillowed my head on his chest
And nursed me in his arms
Touched his lips to my locks
Now patting, now caressing
My shoulder, my tresses
His heart beating pitter-patter

He held the nape of my neck
And with an undertone voice
Whispered to my ear
Forgive my failings, my Inamorata
You’re a vision of beauty,
And you’re my true love.

I harkened to the honeyed words
Falling from his silver tongue
My heart leapt
Thus, hungrily,
I bathed his lips with sensuous kisses
And I melted into his embrace.

I arouse from my slumber, behold!
E’en the murky darkness of the night
Has passed away
And the sun, smiling in the heavens
But my heart, still heavy with pain
Alas! Who to bring smile to my lugubrious tear-stained visage?

INCONSTANT BELOVED by Mayowa Ifedayo
INCONSTANT BELOVED by Mayowa Ifedayo

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