When She Left Me. Poem by peter adeleke

I gazed 'pon the sun of the
day,
That sells a wicked ray,

I gazed upon the moon at night;

That floods a shadowed fright.



And my eyes, crimson like a rose,

B'yond what I could disclose

Fears gripped my heart and tears rolled down;

My mild-cheeks, and with frown.



I chased the nightly stars afar,

And severed the love's bar,

The joy of love's gone, never stayed;

And ne'er know where it laid.



But without love, life's null and vain,

E'en man's in nought but pain,

Sadness, sorrow, parted my heart;

Shall I e'er trend love's path?



Shall I love to make a good wife?

Out of this tragic life?

Where love fades away like a dust;

'neath the banner of trust.