Joel Mwakasege photo
By
Husniya
Dear Father, Where Art Thou Now?
1
The memories of our tamed night
Of our sweet pain inside nest
When we grasped for breath
Still echo everyday from the cords
Of my lost breath
In my mind, you trapped me to an eternal honeyed haven
Like union of eternal
I swam in my honeyed heaven
2
Thud of earth
Caressed our entanglement
With teary and thorny gauges
On exiled thoughts
Words travel in my head, why did I ‘yes’ to you
3
Now, you are a see through
From your eyes, I see nothing
You!
Fading in, fading out
In the dark shades of our lost love
I am here and always here
Here is your forever and not here
If you be back undefiled, I await you
Husniya
Husniya is a 200L English Literature student at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria. Husniya is a poet and story writer, she has published works online at praxis magazine online ‘gather your descendants’, namus.org ‘beauty of the covered’ and numerous other works at ‘creative writers club at Ahmadu Bello University.