A decade of decadent silence <br />Voided by errant memories: <br />A prayer on wheels to muzzle fear, <br />The demon pounding at life’s chamber. <br />The dark message received in a flash: <br />A plea spurned. <br />Life evaporated condensing life <br />Joy tugging Sorrow. <br />Milk cries drew the tears of dry faucets: <br />Nurses cupping their reservoirs in regret. <br />Masquerades wearing bright gloomy masks, <br />In spritely tones, told the way to an unknown land with rites: <br />Wedlock across unearthly boundaries, <br />A shower of gifts poured out as indulgence. <br />Dirges whistled out from uncorked bottles <br />Frothed breaths ranting and railing against a pained-half; <br />Reason already chased away on worthless errands <br />Ethnic ignorance enthroned on a strange soil, <br />Crumpled faces speaking with heavy tongues. <br />Beauty on display like cold meat drained out emotions <br />The refrained gaze of a forerunner flooded. <br />Strangers with mournful visages glared at convoy <br />Respect bestowed to keep a final date. <br />A warren of repose; epitaphs that paint living pictures: <br />The present in the presence of the past. <br />Innocence puzzled at encased love <br />A broken chain lamented its missing link <br />A companion bemoaned a companion. <br />Words cooled and singed the air. <br />The damp burrow swallowed its reward. <br />Feet retreated in surrender <br />As the noise of cascading earth dimmed.<br /><br />Chukuemeka Akpe<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-elegy-to-a-fair-lady/
