Let Love Lead Poem by Raimi Babatunde

A Poem: Let Love Lead

For years you won
Controlling me from within
And it reflects on the outside
For years I gave you the reins
But you know what?
Not anymore!

Each time you play your cards
You made me a monster
How stupid i have been
Very stupid to allow you
How could I be so foolish?
But you know what?
Not anymore!

Each time you set in
Surreptitiously you createa vacuum
That even when i amclose
I am yet so far
Because the distance separates us
But you know what?
Not anymore!

I remember our great times
We just seemed so far
Yet so close
God bless Graham Bell
For that beautiful invention
That makes me smile
And draws me closer
Merely by hearing sweet voice
As it ricochets from thence

Sometimes we whisper
They tried to eavesdrop
But only you understands
Because my heart beats for you
That even when I smile
It sends a thousand words
Paints pictures in your minds eye
That only you can decipher

"Ore, 'bia ka'm gwa gi'"
Why submit to anger
Creating vacuum between you
When you can blend in
Cover that space Sis.
It's time to man-up Bro.
Let go and ler love
Make the first move
Just say "I am sorry"

Put the flesh where it belongs
Refuse to be moved by it
Take control of your emotions
Only then can you be free
From emotional trauma
Thereby creating magical realisms
That makes love trulybeautiful and sweet
As my Momma always say
Let love lead
For surely, it conquers all!

Babatunde Raimi
Author/Life Coach/Poet