'Ka (The Magnificent and for Country). By Comrade Reginald Ifeanyi Chiekezi

'Ka, goddess of the first light
and of muteness,
fragile looking; stern minded
You built intervening walls of granite
against the soft whispers of the heart
Though we both agreed such love was strange
A stranger even,
but that love is a winner
and the determinant would be time
Since time and love walk hand-in-hand
You even said talk is free and most welcomed
But action beyond those magnetic words
were solely epileptic

Do not suppose 'Ka
that the strength of utter silence
is greater than the gentle nudge of love
While the Arietian fire burn in us-
Opposites
Both, at the extreme of the same star
Bewitching force over our free choices
Know also, silence is no feminine ornament
That I never lit the fire, NEVER
It began with a spark
which I kindled
In hope

I have weaved poems from the depth of my heart;
Commissioned the Best Man to recite my pledge
but you did not listen
Maybe you did
When you graced fellow's invitation
though drag-footedly with intent to survey me and my world
but crowned my first Open reading
I still remember that day with joyous pride
Did you notice how like a god I felt?
And my Lord's and fellows asked,
How soon the moon will complete its course
But I struggled in defense,
fumbled in rhetorics
at the foot of dreams
'Ka, I place my offering at the river bank

Beloved, today, that spark is a consuming fire
I wear the badge of burns: of pain and dejection
Invoked by silence
I wear the badge of burns: of hunger and thirst
Invoked by silence
I wear the badge of burns: of love and longing
Discovered in silence
Cupid's fire burn in me

'Ka,
The Magnificent and for Country
Beloved,
Where our country's warmth ends
There, my love begins.
It is the era of free speech
'Ka, let us talk once more
before my country secede

Let my country awake before nightfall
   
   -CHIEKEZI REGINALD .I. (24th June, 2017)

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