"My white, my pride" by Agunbiade Samuel Adeolu

In the forest of confusion,

Where my thoughts dazzled

You brought me a red rose

In the naked field of decisions

You won the crown of adversary

And when in the desert of negligence

You caught my attention

Like the significance of salt in a bowl of soup

I was enchanted with your tenderness;

Making me lie, forever in your bosom

I held my breath

To make your nostrils my breathing passage

Like mice in a cage

I was locked in your prison;

The prison where blood spills

Leaving my brain to tingle

When you pour words to caress my thoughts

I got lost but your haven of roses found me

And you became my prince

This is a plea to you

Oh prince of my heart

Do not puncture the conscience of love

Like a lion searching for its prey

Do not consent to the counsel of

The pendulum dangling between your thighs;

To break the seal of my pride

The seal that protects my sacred pit

Until you are crowned as my king

Like the view of a river at night

Awaiting a fetcher at morn,

Wait patiently to unveil my face in the day

When my pride shall become your bride

And my sacred pit shall be the home for your

pendulum

Agunbiade Samuel Adeolu is a 300-level student of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.