CINEMA EXIT

I.

I am your friend

And your handsome lover.

You are my friend

And the maiden I admire.

I have whispered

Of your love to the moon

Till the shades are brightened

With the sisters of noon.

I saw you beneath the willow tree

That billows like your great green skirt

And your curly raven hair

That blows to the touch of wind.

I have told the hills

Of the stories your eyes tell

And the songs your lips sing—

And they all want to see you.

II.

I am the rosy rose of the morning

That caressed your handsome face

With the tips of my fingers.

Until you came into my life

No man knows my beginning

Or the secrets I never told another soul.

Your presence is a cure to me

And the letters you sent

Are a balm to my wounds.

I have told my sisters

Of the heavyweight knight

That found the keys of my heart.

©Okunola Peace.