MORTAL MALADY

For he who is not sick today;

shall be sick tomorrow,

So that he may never be sick again.

Adesina Aanuoluwapo John - 2017

IMPOTENT

I cannot change my past,

nor create my future.

I merely live what is to be.

Adesina Aanuoluwapo John - 2017

REFT SOUL by Adesina Aanuoluwapo John

   I once had been served the wine of love; dutifully pressed from the grapes of cupid's vineyard. It was ever so sweet; intoxicating mind, body and soul. But this spirituous drink leaveth a bitter aftertaste.

   Her evil face clouds my mind like the ashes of the burning souls of hell. I remember the tone of her skin; viciously pale and whiter than the lies she told. She purchased my love with the crookedness of her heart, and my affection with the veil of deception.

    I fear to love another as I did her; for I fear I might rape her of her faith. My heart is now caked like the mud of the earth; eternally hardened, never to beat again.