MOMENT LIKE A BIRD'S By: Ogundele AbdQayyum Afolabi

Walking on green fields.
Blown cool by wind mills.
With my smooth skin exploring the grass feels.
Grazing on minds will.
Ruminating what the morrow wields.
A moment from the beautiful scenery of nature this boy steals.
Chewing on joy pills.
Into the air, under this boundless canopy i empty myself.
I empty all the worries, all the sorrys' and all the thrills.
All i want now is just the blessing of nature's chills.
Into empty space i gaze
Into the days of my future past.
This moment i know not
for how it will linger
For how much it will last.
me wishing it wouldn't pass so fast.
Well let me enjoy its brevity while it lasts
So i may be glad in the morrow
When again i shall gaze at this day
As the future past.

© _Ogundele, AbdQayyum Afolabi (Mystique)_.

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