LOVE ELEGY: "SHATTERED PETALS" BY SHOKO JEY

One day Rain did Rain on sweet red petals of love

But the rain was a hailstorm

That deflowered the petals

Now the red petals are on the ground tattered

Cold and shivering

Some petal pieces are awashed in the cold rain storm rain

The stalk that once supported the flower stand aloof in confusion

© SHOKO JEY

- Zimbabwe