Painful Years

with no way to escape
those painful years
of tortured dreams
and the bone-crushing struggle
for survival
i walk along the fatal shore
thinking of you
brooding over things
in a mysterious world out of reach

i hold
onto the divine
thread of life
with boundless energy
under the darkening sky
looking for solace
as the turbulent wind blows
in the liveable
city of the mind

yet, as the sun shines, i soar
like an eagle in the nick of time
like the meteor on a mission
like this orange blossom in the waves of desire

i manipulate
the space time
with lots of love
and desire
as the earth moves
in the moist hour

you embrace my soul
with passion
with tender care
and hands of clay
keeping my dream alive
we mould each other
into existence
feeling the love
in the imagined community of the heart



© Lawrence T. Udo-Ekpo