Tag: Ikechukwu

MAJESTIC   Like my shadows Yesterday’s echoes roped me I, racing the fastest Farthest from the takeoff line At each turn of the track.   Suited in fatigue Like a lost bird at sea Nowhere to rest wings Dazed, dizzy, disoriented A sailor with no sea legs.   Like the sea breeze Gentle, yet penetrating You reached deep into me […]

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CAPTIVES OF FREEDOM   Like birds free flying in a circus, We glide, slide our space, Glee-filled, ecstatic, Within our handlers` panegyric`s confines.   We celebrate the limitedness we embraced, Brewed to skew our dawning awakening, Pegging our independence to a time, We gallivant in the memory of our identity loss.   We celebrate their wearing down of us, After […]

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