In this, our second Christmas issue, we'd like to start a feature in which we bring back a poem that you might have missed. We like this a lot:
An Insider's Note on Love
What some call
love is a badly brewed wine;
a cobweb holding you
captive; a field of mire
holding your murky feet,
making them messier as you
crawl out. Mother says
do not yield your heart
until your mind's luggage
is packed. It is Solomon's Palace;
both crime and prison.
A prism. It's the way you look
longingly at outsiders
as you part, your voice
drowned by the noise
of your own heart.
Olaewe David Opeyemi is a Nigerian doctor and writer. His works have been published by Eboquills, BPPC, Selcouth Station, CLH and elsewhere. He's the winner of the Dawn of Splendour Poetry contest and the Shuzia creative writing contest. He is also active on Twitter here: @dropey01.