ROMANCE: "MY LOVE" BY GABRIEL WEAH

Oh, my love,

Come closer—

Let me drink deeply from your reservoir,

Your chlorinated attraction

Pulls me in like Newton’s laws,

Solving the mysteries of gravity and elasticity.

Each time I see you,

I am lost in omission…

Your sweet charisma baptizes me,

Like John the Baptist with Christ.

Tell me, oh my love,

From what sacred clay were you formed?

I have seen many faces,

But yours lifts me beyond infinity.

Each time I attempt to solve calculus,

I find myself lost—

For you are the only formula I need.

Oh, my love, come closer,

You have given me a reason to live.

Oh, my love… until the heavens speak,

You shall be my blacksmith,

And I, your willing aluminum.

Do not dare say no,

For within your no, my very breath resides.

Oh, my love, you are my earthly delight.

© GABRIEL S. WEAH, alias Lyrical Genius

- Liberia 

The poet persona loves a woman. The voice confesses affection for this wowan deeply. The speaker tells the addressed not to refuse for she is the joy of the voice's life.