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Poetry:The Altar of Matrimony


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 I have waited, I have really waited
For many days and nights
Through many sunrise and sunsets
 That I have lost pace with.

I have always wondered
And found myself lost
In the world of my thoughts

I have been shamed
I have been mocked
I have been chided
All because I chose
To wait for you
And dance to the rhythm
That we have been instructed.

This day
Seemed never to arrive
Out of impatience
People have broken themselves
Into different souls
And meshed with different bodies.

I am so proud
I waited for you
I am so proud
I am not a coward
For pinning values on you
That I refuse myself.

 This night
We will teach ourselves
The rhythm of love
And move at our own pace
Tonight I see not used good
But a beautiful treasure.

I see not an art
in a hurry to act
but an art
whose beauty ages
 like a fine wine.

Tonight
 the moon will standstill
 to gaze upon your beauty
 and the navel of your soul
 because tonight
 I will explore your beauty
 that has been perfected
 for the two of us
 to become one
 at the ripe hour
 that was formed
 on the altar of matrimony.

Comments

Unknown said…
Good one tomdoc...
25 March 2019 at 21:00
Unknown said…
👍👍🙏🙏
26 March 2019 at 09:24
Osifo said…
fantastic piece...Tomdoc
28 March 2019 at 17:19
Xia said…
Worth the wait.. well said!
22 April 2020 at 00:35
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