Minstrel

When will the sun rise

The sun has set

And darkness covers the land

With it, all the elements of the night reign

The moon, beautiful in its radiance,

Shines but a feeble light which makes no impression

On the night’s thick armor of darkness

I hear the lonely wolf’s dismal howl in the distant mist

Lost hounds bark hopelessly in search of a way home

And I begin to see how much like the night- life the human life is

I hear the lonely child weeping silently as it searches for a friend

I see travelers become wanderers in the woods of life

I feel the pain of hearts broken in separation as lovers get lost in the dark

And I ask myself how long we will survive in this unrepentant darkness

I fall on my knees and

‘Oh God’, I pray, ‘comfort us in this present darkness ‘

But deep in me I ask the lord

How much longer shall we wait

For the Sun to rise again.

© 2000 Adekunle Adejuyigbe

May 30, 2009 - Posted by Tomi | poetry