'Every Soul Shall taste Doom' by Ahmad Abdullah

What I must say is true

A confession within the confines of necessity

That I love you and don’t know why

And I also love several others like you

Except that I love you more

In a way I can hardly contain

I know I’ll hate you at times

When common sense hassles me

At the thoughts of others that creep into my head

To steal off my faithfulness to you

So I’ve trapped myself

With my eyes as open as the midday sun upon the earth

There is no trick here

No charm I am aware of

That compels me unnaturally to you

My confession is easy

It is as obvious as death itself,

The certainty of it

That I am forever doomed

To love you

If death parts us in this life

My spirit will linger awaiting yours

On the borders of eternity

Where the souls of doomed love resides

Tormented.

Ahmad Abdullah, AKA Ahmad Holderness is a medic and a writer who is about to be published. He is the director of Home Of Book foundations that seek to help Nigerian youths to read and write better. His writings can be viewed at  and you can follow him on instagram at @home_of _books_foundation

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