MY LOVER. BY UZAH EPHRAIM ORYIMAN

There's no freedom
Other than your cesspit
What more is sweeter
Than the dregs of your wine
What more is alarming
Than the fog of your fire
What more is so endearing
Than the kite
In your sky

And I
The author and saint of your waist
Will sink ashore
The pool of your plenty
I'll let avalanche desires pass me by

Alone
Beneath your crevice
I'll let the foam of your sweetness
Draw patterns on my lips

I cajole you
My lover
To take me into your placid city
Where the stones, rivers and forests are new!

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Uzah Ephraim Oryiman is a graduate of English from IBB University, Lapai, Niger state. He is an aspiring writer whose interest has been in drama and poetry. His debut play "The Herb" (unpublished) has been stage by shinning star(dance and drama troupe, Lapai Niger state) and by Naseldram (IBB university drama club with three Nollywood stars present). His poems have appeared in Ebedi international magazine(2017, 2018 editions) as well as other sites and blogs. He is currently undergoing the one year compulsory National Youth Service Corp program in Kaduna, Kaduna state. He is currently working on his second play under the title of Giwa's Swing! He has a collection of poetry under manuscript with the title "Strange Quest and other poems".