She leaned on my shoulders and never woke up
again
Her hot tears scalded me as they streamed down my back
Lifelessly she hung by me and nobody else
felt her pulse
Couldn’t see her lips move but felt she had
a bit to say
They argued and agreed she was as dead as a
door nail
I am here now and you can talk to me I
whispered to her
Her pains, fears and heartbreak took shapes
before me
Fought back my tears as my heart melted to
her ordeals
Urged her to agree with them that she was
totally dead
Lost to the world of everything else but the
two of us
Tiny warmth, strength of a woman within her
heart
Fanned into unquenchable embers of
affectionate flames
By the words I sang into her ears and rubbed
into her skin
I told her she didn’t need to worry her
pretty head off
She raised her head, looked me in the eyes
and smiled at me
I smiled, she smiled, we smiled and our
hearts glowed
And her feelings and soul died to all that
hurt her in the past
Held her tenderly yet with arms so firm like
no other
My strength and aura were the assurances she
needed
Kissed her and promised her that everything
is alright
And she never woke up to the fears that brought
her to me
an Emeka Amakeze poetic expression.
