Thinking About You

I always think about you
Whenever I fail to tame tears
Flowing and overflowing like Nile waters--...
Siphoning strength from a bereft soul
And chasing sleep at midnight; leaving me restless like an insomniac...

I always think about you
Once I falter cheering my spirit on
To endure gnawing loneliness
That humbles me to bow
To silence's sorrowful songs!

I always think about you
Whilst drooling with angst
of thirsty ages wasted in dire solitude
Watching sun and moon black-- mourning
a beloved star lost afar...

I always think about you
As I linger to savour warmth
Once the reign of rain recedes...
For seeds sue to be sowed; and sprout
In Eden confined to termless truancy!

When the night announces its arrival;
Rousing souls from light--
Afar scattering them, to seek rest
And I'm left facing its haunting apparitions,
I always think about you!

(c) wafula p'khisa
-Thigh of an Elephant-