Deep breaths
Furtive head shakes
Moaning sighs
Vacant looks.
Breath, breath boy!
What’s gwan?
Darting looks, here, there
Still not a word!
Is it cowrie issues?
No? Oh, a maiden?
Or, or idea troubles
No? Now, what ails you?
That deep sigh again…
And bowed head
With Furrowed brows..
What now in Iroko’s name?
All entreaties done
Silent you remain
No comments?
Or Complaints?
Very loud indeed,
this studious silence.
Birth something, a sign..
Nothing? Oh well.
Come anon, reveal.
Expose the labyrinth
of your mind; thoughts
that a weakling make
of valiant veterans.
That time of the year again.
To look back. What could’ve
been. Well, we press forward.
© Adewale Adeniji. 01/10/2018.
