Deliberate Mistake. Poem by ObiGod Chidi CC

When we fall head long and swallow
The hook, line and sinker
That pretty lust baited;
We see not the woe of the foe,
The devil we pacify as a baby,
And cuddle vipers as pretty pets.


Why hasn't we resisted our destruction?
Strongly attracted to our undoing,
Truth lost the fight to our feelings
After emotions defeated our consciences.


Love's the supplanter, dreams jilted;
Conjugal the funny irony
That favours the jerks and ugly actors,
The desperate tastes the bitter spices,
Who once saw gall as a honey comb.
Eventually the blind will receive sight
The illiterates will be educated
And believers will doubt.


When the nice mask you fell in love with unmask,
You will live yoked to a stranger,
And frictions of contempt wear and tear
What was smooth and romantic
Hearts will crack yet held by an unending ring.


We will live with our choice
And our choice ever with us
Why not look before leaping?
And leap as God commands.
God forbids a deliberate mistake
Where two can't become one.


07-03-2016