Gone With The Wind (a poem by Justice Gift Ogochukwu)

My heart burned

with sweet flames of your passion.

The symphony of my heartbeats

was for us to waltz eternally.

But in the heat of our passion,

jealous wind came along.

And like it steals flame from a candle,

so it stole you from me.

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This is one of the 5 poems shortlisted for the 2nd voting round in the #PulseStudentPoetry Prize announced on April 2nd 2014. The winner of this round stands a chance to win a sleek Lenovo ThinkPad by the end April.

Drop a comment and/or share to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to vote for your favourite poem or click here to read the other poems and vote.

Remember to share using the tag #PulseStudentPoetry on Twitter and also mention @PulseNigeria247.

Note that the winning poem/poet will be selected by the audience: the number of total likes, shares, tweets, retweets and comments posted on the poem, will be taken into consideration.

The contest continues. Season 2 starts May 2, 2015, with a laptop will be won every month until December 2014.

So Watch out for the announcement!

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