NGOZI OSUOHA

NGOZI OSUOHA

IF I LOVED YOU

If I loved you

Would you make me cry

Would I become a slave,

Bound stupidly and powerlessly

Would I be in chains of pain

Labouring in labour with labour for labour?

If I loved you

Would I turn a rat

A cockroach or mosquito

Small, little, insignificant and disturbing,

Would I become a nuisance,

Parasite, dustbin or refuse dump?

If I loved you

Would I pay with my life

Would I live in misery

A mystery of penury

In a chimney of fiery furnace,

Would people pity me

For ever loving you?

I BELIEVE IN YOU

I feel heaven

In your arms

The serene of peace

And serenity of calm

Calming my pain

In a broken world,

The shine on your face

Shinning and illuminating mine,

The joy in your heart

Transcending, radiating my flesh

I know you are mine

Because I believe in you

And my soul bears me witness.

TOMORROW IS NOT FAR

Tomorrow is not far

Listen, tick tock

Tick, tock, the time is gone

And the night is turned

I tell you be strong

For tomorrow will come

And this love will grow.

Tomorrow is not far

Be strong, bold and proud

This night is fading quick

Dying a natural death

Hold on, ours is green

Not as dark as this night

Be strong, tomorrow is not far.

Look up in the sky

See how we will shine

That is where we will fly

And never again cry,

O my dear, cheer up

There is the top

And that cup

We shall drink

Never to sink

Here anymore,

Hear, heal your sore

Tomorrow is blue

And due is our value

With green dew.

NGOZI OSUOHA