JEREMIAD ON ROMANCE: "HE'S WHAT YOU WANT" BY ABDULRAZAK MUHAMMED

Meek and frolic 

He's fluent and gales with words that sparkle

Stoning words from his stuck 

like a library buried in the sand

Meet prince charming in person 

too elegant to paint on Screen

He would have been the most of princes

Soft and muse

You'll shiver to his beauty

To your heart to continually beat in love bite 

Thirsty to his demure acts

Is it the manly voice your heart will drool to?

Or the packed muscles 

that convey the diaphanous light to your heart?

Of which a cacophonic sound plays as he walks

Cling to your stand, for you not be diminished by his smile 

Now your glum cleft mouths are wide flank

Quivering in excitement 

Of the dream to score with him

What an unreal thought I had.

© ABDULRAZAK MUHAMMED 

- Nigeria 

The poet persona tells a woman that a particular man has all she wants. He is learned and handsome. The voice feels shocked that another man is all she wants and not the former.