Love, A Nightmare (Poem)

Love struck the bell of emotions

On a beautiful keg of thoughts 

With eyelid twitching in tears

Giving no sleep to the innocent eyelid

As love disappointed my imagination.

Often I wondered

As I spent time pondering the meaning of love

What exactly is love?

Broken heart, I thought 

That is what it meant to me.

No similitude of what I adored

Only the fragrance

I inhaled the corticosteroids 

Of the empty cloud without love 

That injured my virgin hearts to love

I never felt 

Sick and empty like this before 

Like how the bride felt 

In the arms of her love 

Yearning for a linger fresh kiss

 That will never come.

Oh! thou my peace and hope 

Here thou me

On the barren bed, seat of anxiety

Yet, I'll love you forever 

And if forever is not enough 

Take me away forever 

For the pain is love.

An endless pain

That ceased not to be healed 

Am wrapped in keg of sorrow

And my heart now slayed.

By Idris Natty