AWÉLÉWÀ(PART 3)

Like a goat eats
Around the compound 
Like a lizard eats
Beside the wall

Beside your window, I stuck
Tearing myself apart inside
As I watched you spend your night
Oh, what an endless night!

I saw wonders as you slept 
The hunters, the farmers,
Blacksmiths in their types
All came at different times 

Strong and powerful men
The priests and their sons
These are mighty men
They went, but never returned. 

Death oh Death 
How bitter and swift you are
Taking them one at a time
Did you wait to take me too

"Be afraid of what is not
Bury yourself beneath your fears
Maybe you will live longer than the dead 
Just maybe you'll be happy then

Let there be silence, 
And listen to your heart
The autumn leaves have fallen... 
Maybe it's time to part" I told myself

"You are a thin line fading into the skies
A shining diamond amidst the stones 
The rainbow that never lasts
And I will now say goodbye

And please, die soon

I can't bear the pain 

Of watching you 

Sleep on this way" 

Read: The giants, mighty, and powerful men tried to save the beauty, Awéléwà. They went into the forbidden forest with all their charms. Some carried their gods. But, none returned. Beside her window as I stayed all nights. Looking through the tiny hole, I watched her lie still, and her night was endless. What would I do? Like you, I also want to live long. What shall it profit a man, to die for someone who doesn't know when you live?.. 

But, who will save Awéléwà? Is she going to die? 

To be continued.... 

By: Onifade Oladimeji Samson Dlog