Imagined Love

In the light of the first dawn

When the world was just an egg

And all that is, and was .... 

In it was contained ,

Paradise was near; and 

Sweet was the life that

knew no grief. 

And in those fledgling moments,

From cradle to the hearts of men

Flowed hallowed ,the mist of love:

And the inklings of the core affirmed

Truth , sanctity - decorum in all affairs....

And then came Cain - a kin to sin,

By whom rancor came to bear.

Though hatred yet persists

In many a heart and tongue

That tell our tale,

Love we must -

One heart to another

All through the teasing hours.

Look at the bees...

And their telling ways

That woo  flowers to blush,

Despite the brush and prickly maze!

And the sun , oh how she lends her lease

To earth and worlds abroad !

And if a lesson to mankind

This would lend , be it thus :

That from one heart to another

Love must flow;

And with open arms, be it friend or foe,

Let all embrace;

And to dueling parties be they of state or clan

Let peace afford .

Love is the way, the only way.
And collective will -  the sacred spring
That recoils the very first of dawns -
When the world was just an egg
And paradise, an easy glance :
Then sweet again would be
The life that knows no grief

By Hope Kalé Ewusi ©