This poem about Nigeria will touch your soul

'Nigeria' by Obodokasi Adehtem Agbor

I touch her feet, I freeze,

I touch her palms, I freeze,

I kiss her lips, frost, like ice in between teeth,

I touch her neck, I burn,

I caress her thighs, I burn,

I nibble at her nipples, huge mountains of fire.

I climb her body, I am pricked,

I roll to her south, thirsty rivers,

I roll to her north, drowning deserts,

I breathe in her ears, my lungs waste away

I look in her eyes, my eyes are a pool of blood

and my heart leaps into that pool and drowns,

I love you, I love you to Venus and back,

I love you, I love you to the sun and oh I am burnt,

Obodokasi Adehtem Agbor is a poet and a regular contributor to poetry.wrr.ng

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