ODE: "WE NEED TO TALK!" BY AJAKAYE STRIDA

Your invisible presence is weird,

You are everywhere,

but working anywhere is working nowhere.

Are you above the cloud

or wrapped by the cloud?

We need to talk!

You are jealous,

tolerating no other but Yourself for worship,

the patience You demand murders at times,

Your sub-gods are above board than You are,

who are You exactly?

We need to talk!

Your silence angers even a corpse to rise,

why do You watch killers merry,

and keep hard-earners in heavy dissatisfaction?

Why is the world as complex

as though even You Yourself do not understand Your Creation?

We need to talk!

Fix a physical appointment, maybe in my room,

middle of the night,

do Your magic, that no one but me shall see You.

I do want a dream,

I want to hold you as I discuss these worldly issues,

we need to talk!

© RASHIDAT OLAMIDAYO AJAKAYE

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The poet persona feels depressed after getting no result from positive hardwork. Hence, the voice interacts with God via asking many rhetorics from the complexities of the world; and telling God that she needs to discuss with Him or Her.