Sweet Songs of Love

It’s not uncommon to fall under the serenade of love in your youth

Sweet songs that blind eyes and cover the ears from the truth

Tender age, where emotions sprouts like a fountain in spring

Feeling like a flock of birds encircling me as they sing.

Some have butterflies swirling in their stomach

Being so far away from the one you desire turns to heartache

Like two pieces of a heart separated and locked in a tower

Waiting to be put together, still dreading the hours.

You know sadly the word love is not an uncommon word said today

But is it expressed as it was back in the day?

Feelings twists and knots develop standing next to your other half of the heart

Holding so close and never wanting to be kept apart.

Though, what is love when you allow not your heart to be open

Could be you’re not sure, or are marks dwelling from one who left it broken?

But feelings, such as a rose, beautiful enough, needed to be shared

On the other hand, such as the thorns, you handle with care.

Through our years, we at times go in headstrong without patience

We feel so focused when struck by this arrow, stealing our senses

Oh! Young love is like a raging fire that can’t be tamed

Ever so full of warmth and passion when you have it, never wanting to extinguish the flames.

About the writer

Chiagoziem Chilagorom was born in Nigeria. He is a 20 years old, studying to become a doctor. He has dreams of his poems being well known and inspiring.