Love Leads Poem by Raimi Babatunde

Twisting and turning
In the deadness of the night
The cold was cruel
The crickets mumbled
With eyes closed
I swayed left
Just to hold you
But you were not in view
Suddenly my eyes opened
I had been dreaming
A dream that too me to Europe
Right before the Eifel tower
Tying our love in locks
Alongside all other lovebirds
Who came across the globe

As i applied the left eye principle
By deeming my left eyes
To expose my dimples
Like a Master of Arts
Using the art of seduction
We locked the locks and locked lips
I recall you raised your left leg
Moved it backward
As a Royalty that you are
A sign of of class and grace
As that Granny walked by
She said smiling mildly
Keep the flame burning
True love never dies

True love lies beyond the locks
We both smiled at her submission
But we knew we were in love
The agape type of love
As advocated by St. Valentine
Together we achieved a milestone
Like an open ocean you accepted me
Whist others journeyed around large oceans
Under your canopy i found peace
Together we will move mountains
From Nairobi to Port Novo
Lagos to Abidjan
I found none worthy of my loyalty
But you my Sweet Damsel

Gag me and pull me along
Let me be your loyal Dog
From you alone will i eat
The coral beads predicted our union
It did not make sense at the beginning
But in the end i am glad i fell
Senselessly to a beauty with brains
When your father walks the aisle with you
I shall be there smiling
Waiting earnestly to receive you

As we start our lifelong journey
Into a new walk of intimacy
A place of love and companionship
With other attendant benefits
When Graham Bell invented the Telephone
It was out of love
His first words were "Hello"
The name of his beloved
I might not be a Scientist
But as a Word Artist

With my Diamond plaited pen
I shall write you poems yet unwritten
Survive the frozen seaside
Just to write you best selling novels
Poems and Novels that will tickle you
Making you the cynosure of all eyes
All these i pledge my love
As you continually wrap me in your powerful legs
Teach me the way of your people
That i offend not tradition
For without it, we are lost

Surely, your people shall be my people
I will be your head
You will be my neck
Who says the head is more important
When it is controlled by the neck
Wherever the neck wills rhe head turns
Be my lightbearer Mylove
As we begin our journey of love
Into a world of uncertainties

I will always be by your side
To have and to hold
For better for best
That, you can be sure of
A debt i owe you
As a Lanister always pays his debts
Always i will communicate
And love you forever
For in every true union
Love leads.