YOU WERE PERFECTION

At a glance, you were the clouds and I the earth
It was like magic
Your soul called for the hands of mine
Your strength told my weakness it’ll be fine
Your voice shattered my tall resistant wall in line
And weeded clean my forests of fears

II
At a glance you became the healer
Years of denials melted
Nights of lovemaking with bitterness ceased
Dawns of revenge changed into hope
And like a freed caged bird, I sang and still sings
Of the promises that the future holds

III
At a glance
Cold blood boiled and yearned for your fire
As you became the swimming pool in heat
And the warm blanket in cold
The elders say it is like an unseen bug
It caught me unawares, your bug

IV
Now, you are the breath
And I am the nose
You are the water and I the barrel
You are the stream and I the land
You are perfection and I the body
Now, you’re everything, everything serene,
Amoafowaa Sefa Cecilia (c) 2015