ABSURDITY"... FRIGHTENING?" BY AJAKAYE STRIDA

Is love frightening?

Yes, no, I don't think so!

Losing your culture to be a disguised wife material,

no matter how pretense surrounds patience,

the reality in you explodes out

like a squashed egg.

Love frightens my pride of living,

love makes me care unnecessarily,

reading a page instead of six pages,

checking on his temperature

instead of the temperature of my academics deadlines,

kissing his lips 

when I am ought to kiss my eyes to my system,

writing morning messages instead of world-class articles,

hugging you all seconds instead of Ajakayereaderscorner.com,

feeding you instead of my literary hunger...

Love,

for me, love is not now,

it frightens me to be in love.

RASHIDAT OLAMIDAYO AJAKAYE

STRIDA... guiding you to striking confidence in academic and creative writing!

- Nigeria

The poem persona sees romantic affection as an hindrance to her career. Hence, she opens the passionate actions that occur between lovers, with also portraying them as needless things to her life. The speaker concludes that love is not now for her.