Adaora

 when we first met,it was just by night
a coincidence of Jidenna's Adaora flowing in the Long Shoprite Mall
it was my lyrical prowess
that planted a magnet
which caught your eyes
and the way my shirt was tightly tucked
my appearance was non you could avoid
at once i became the ideal
i watched you in your multicoloured dress
and the way you curled your hair
Love itself dwelt there
and only the steel comb woke her up
we talked and walked
drawn to love at first sight
we swore  we'd love forever
only a few days later
you met that soccer runner boxer
who excels at running after nothing
you fell for his chest beef and muscular arms
and swore you'd love him till doomsday
and that in your new game you'd both keep running!
yet before the cock swallowed a grain of maize
you fell vertically on the concrete floor
at the first sight of the guitarist at the club
he was cute and angelic
and you adviced the former one
i mean the athletic Lad
that henceforth the could walk in life
And,Adaora,you just deserted him
just in matters of seconds you broke the whole fabric
of all the athletic prowess
you picked up in a flash
a rebellious undergraduate
but they came home the other day
after rioting
and you swore you'd pair him in life
but Ada you have just deserted him
on hearing of his untimely expulsion
since you sentenced him a failure in life's contest
Life itself Adaora
is densely clouded with thick outgrowth of thorns
through your mirror
you see him derailed and capsized
closing yoyr eyes to the new track under construction
down that drain where he has fallen
down where he has plunged
i hear later you cajoled into submission
that beefy unsexy minister
cos he was a responsible man
whose future was full of assets
all the historical ravages were but liabilities
yet Ada,you discarded the whims of elections
for in a twilight he lost his deposit
and out was swept that brillant future
he stood in the cold with naught save
the junior certificate of Education
that was of no use to prospective employers
now you wish and wish and wish
but wishes dwindle and flicker into unknown
why do you wish you never derailed men?
that you never sifted them in an unsifted sift
today you see more clearly in a niggled background
that wisdoms swore to follow
that path trodden by foolishness
wishing to know never comes first
today youll see the future spread out on the field
where once you ran chasing nothing nothing but love
see it spread as wide as the sky
youll never see its contents
the countless defendants
gnaw sharp teeth on each edge
Ada veer sharply around fortune
kinked paths await you all along
chunks of rocks fall from unknown
and love was a bargain for the best
Today look at the accepted history
and assess the properties of Love
if one is not Abstract pretence
for people who deem it an asset