Thursday, November 29, 2018

Holding Up the Sky




a life transformed 
in the nick of time:
you hold up the sky
like the gentle giant of the realm
daring to dream
as the golden  
wattle blossoms
under the
antipodean sun
capturing
my imagination
you’re
the speck of light
from way back
the 
dream weaver
in the murky world of reason
feeding
the hungry souls
under 
the wild sky
you’re, quite truly,
the heart and pulse 
of the migrant universe
riding
the waves
with high hopes of youth foretold



© Lawrence T. Udo-Ekpo