Idylls of Love ___Part 6 (Fading Only into Memories)
- July 10, 2017
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Idylls of Love___Part 6 (Fading Only into Memories)
Days grew like grass between us
On the lawn of distance time created
The edges of love become blunt
That lorry still raises dust of memories in my mind
On the lawn of distance time created
The edges of love become blunt
That lorry still raises dust of memories in my mind
Your name is crested in my heart
Your presence is frequent in my dreams
Your presence is frequent in my dreams
Is it not like yesterday
When destiny made our path cross
When we first met
When the dew of our morning is beginning to find its ways across the world of men
I remember that innocence you had in your smiles
The charm that hung around your neck
The beauty that dangles with your waist
The honey that flowed from your smooth tongue
The honey that flowed from your smooth tongue
Yes, it's just like yesterday
Yes, that night during the search of Sohun
I was still seven and you just five
You look frail and I fain to protect you
I was still seven and you just five
You look frail and I fain to protect you
Sohun was that great palm wine tapper
Whose fame had gone over hills and rivers
Into many villages beyond our own
His weird climbing skills
His weird climbing skills
Was rumoured to be given him by spirit beings
He was feared to be in possession of some mysterious powers
He was feared to be in possession of some mysterious powers
And truly, there was magic in the way he walks and talks
Yet he was a man who never knew true happiness
Yet he was a man who never knew true happiness
After four days of combing the forest
We saw his body lying lifeless
We saw his body lying lifeless
At the mercy of worms and vultures
A man of honour lying on undignified bed of death
How he got there was a puzzle
He was surely not murdered
For such things are unheard in our world
We are the oracle of Peace
A man of honour lying on undignified bed of death
How he got there was a puzzle
He was surely not murdered
For such things are unheard in our world
We are the oracle of Peace
Some said it was his debt that killed me
Some said his doom was in his strength
Some said his doom was in his strength
Some said he sold his soul for fame and power
He took too much of fresh wine out of frustration
And slumped into that blurry realm only visited by drinkers
He rested rudely on a log hiding a viper
Which stung intruders without mercy
He took too much of fresh wine out of frustration
And slumped into that blurry realm only visited by drinkers
He rested rudely on a log hiding a viper
Which stung intruders without mercy
It was during this search I first met Amanda
We stayed in their house
We stayed in their house
We the men of the village
Though I was too young to be called a man then
But I'm the heir to Bambibi, my father
Who is the warlord of the village
And I've been regarded as a man since I was born
Your hut stood close to the forest
And you and your mother took care of us
Throughout the search
Bringing us food, water and wine
I could hear my heart
Beat twice faster each time I saw you
And each time our eyes met
I shiver like a naked man
Hiding in an abyss of ice
That was the beginning of a long tale
That will be told years after we are no more
That will be told years after we are no more
The search was over and the dead lay to rest
I always stopped by to see you
Sometimes I waited at length
By the path that leads to the stream
Hoping you will come by with your pitcher
To get some water from the stream
And you often did
I always stopped by to see you
Sometimes I waited at length
By the path that leads to the stream
Hoping you will come by with your pitcher
To get some water from the stream
And you often did
Not because you ran out of water
But because you knew I will be there waiting
But because you knew I will be there waiting
I breath each moment only to be with you
Each day was incomplete without you
Each day was incomplete without you
I loved you that I hated to be with any other
We enjoyed the ecstasy of those moments
We enjoyed the ecstasy of those moments
Only to be startled out of the dreams that come with childhood
Only to be yanked and drifted apart
As you descended into the oblivion of the city
A tangible experience gradually faded into memories
Twenty years has gone by now
Hope kept its flames burning bright
Hope kept its flames burning bright
And it's just like Yesterday since you left
Twenty years since you've gone
Leaving behind your root
Drifting away from your ancestral origin
I wonder what the other side has done to you
Which seems to have twisted your sense of reasoning
And clouded your sight of judgement
That you don't see where the flowers of happiness spring from any more
Leaving behind your root
Drifting away from your ancestral origin
I wonder what the other side has done to you
Which seems to have twisted your sense of reasoning
And clouded your sight of judgement
That you don't see where the flowers of happiness spring from any more
© Olatuja Oloyede
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To be continued tomorrow
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