BLIND, DEAF & DUMB IN LOVE
Under the dusky moon, he sat in the dark; gazing
at the ghost cloud, gloomy or starless? unknown
Days, nights are alike, as if trapped in a black hole,
where sight is lost to darkness, with eyes widely
opened, & everything just appears to be nothing
She never hear the howl of the wind in the forest
nor the yawl of the starved coyote in the desert
Or the roar of water passing through a chute
only
mope around with broken tongue, says nothing
like a mute trumpet; sentenced to hushed confinement
Beneath the baobab tree, still he sat singing song
of solitude, as the wind blows & the sands of time
drip slowly into oblivion, she passed by every night
to drop bread fruits & water, left without a word but
a consoling silence. ”May the lord bless this hand"
Days after days, how time flies rapidly like a swift
with the wings of moment into faded memories, &
Night never pass without dropping the life -- saver.
"Who is this beautiful soul, that kept watering my
flower in this arid land? puzzled lip asked the wind.
At dead night, she came like a strange wind, muted.
Dropped the fruit. "beautiful soul, redeem me from
this forest of purdah" His words echoed; haunting &
resounding, just like the wailings of a new born baby,
held his hand, in silence they walked down the wood.
Treading the blind path every day & night, in silence
moments cowed into blank days, induced by selfish
motive, unruffled feelings hidden under timid tongue
& faint-hearted-eyes, love finally grew into a wild fire
burning the dry forest of their heart, inextinguishable.
Green-eyed demons hovered with envy lips, spreading
bruit as truth & false into mixture, feeding gullible minds
& poisoning ears with "the blind, deaf & dump in love or
two-faced?" Envy lips pocketed shame, back-slide just
to feed both with empty cups of unseen rivals in action.
In the wood one cold night, after the stomach ritual.
"What is love if not tasted? love is the spice in the food
of a blind man," he said to the wind. "Beloved, I'm Faith,
Love me blindly, the way you followed me". She replied.
"You're beautiful" Let's stay blind, deaf & dumb in love.
©® Jamiu Ahmed
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