WHAT LOVE IS
Love is that which makes us giddy and
soft
When we ought to be frank, angry and
reacts
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To the giddy acts of loved one(s)
Love is when we sigh not
At the untoward acts toward us
Love is forgiving others when they wrong
us
Love is that which makes our brain
seething
Such that when we see an ugly or a
handsome one(s)
We exclaimed: beautiful!!!
One(s) after our hearts
Without considering the real self behind!
Love is not unmasking the veil of a bride
Prior acceptance and appreciation
Love is a perpetual passion and likeness
Love is the hallmark of perpetual
foolishness-
Loving without questions
Love is an emotional feeling
And concern for others as oneself
Are you in love?
Have you ever loved?
Have you ever being loved?
Or do you intend to love?
If yes! Consider yourself foolish
And your lover(s) phony
Argue; perhaps be angry if you can
That is just the truth
Love is perpetual foolishness
And foolishness is madness
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“Lovers and madmen have such seething
brains
Such shaping fantasies
That apprehend more than
Cool reason ever comprehends”
Love loves without reasoning
Love is merely a madness suffer by all
lovers in love.
-©Peter. A. Onasanya
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O, MY LOVE!
O, my love!
If loving you is madness
I don’t want a cure
I want to remain chanined
If loving you is a disease
I don’t want a remedy
If loving you is a sickness and problem
I don’t want a solution either
I want to be ill all years long
If loving you is an ocean
I want to drown in there
If loving you is dying
I want to be interred with you
But, if loving you is being wise
Nay, I want to remain a fool
Otherwise, I might be tempted
To think twice, or consider this and that
So, let your love drown me
Incarcerate me and preserve me in your
heart
For all time to come
Oh! Heaven grant that there is no healing
for love
For my heart pants after you, my love
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Thou golden scarlet lady of no wrinkle or
spot
Sleekly face like a snow
You! Are my love
-©Peter. A. Onasanya
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
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To be famous, influential and rich is good
To be a humble liver and wise is admirable
To be beautiful, kind and nice in character
Is a good virtue for emulation
To be proud, haughty and cruel
Is loathsome and detestable
To be in love is the best virtue
Worthy of emulation
As I o, my love loved thee
To be or not to be, at home
I linger and loiter for you, my lover
To be or not to be, come home
And kiss me! Saying:
To be or not to be
I will always love you.
-©Peter. A. Onasanya
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MY LOVE! MY DOVE!
My love, my dove, my sweetheart
I love you with all my heart
I think ‘bout you all along my way
Someday let me live within the circle
Of your arms round me
So that I may sleep without memories
Loving you is the only thing
That makes life worth living for me
Cos ‘ve love you for long
I love you my heartthrob
If I had love you for a second
I could never love you more
If I had love you for a minute
I could never love you more
If I had love you for an hour
I could never love you more
If I had love you for a day
I could never love you more
If I had love you for a month
I could never love you more
If I had love you for a year
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I could never love you more
But, I had love you for long
And love never dies
I love you for eternity
Love is that which makes us giddy and
soft
When we ought to be frank, angry and
reacts
80
To the giddy acts of loved one(s)
Love is when we sigh not
At the untoward acts toward us
Love is forgiving others when they wrong
us
Love is that which makes our brain
seething
Such that when we see an ugly or a
handsome one(s)
We exclaimed: beautiful!!!
One(s) after our hearts
Without considering the real self behind!
Love is not unmasking the veil of a bride
Prior acceptance and appreciation
Love is a perpetual passion and likeness
Love is the hallmark of perpetual
foolishness-
Loving without questions
Love is an emotional feeling
And concern for others as oneself
Are you in love?
Have you ever loved?
Have you ever being loved?
Or do you intend to love?
If yes! Consider yourself foolish
And your lover(s) phony
Argue; perhaps be angry if you can
That is just the truth
Love is perpetual foolishness
And foolishness is madness
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“Lovers and madmen have such seething
brains
Such shaping fantasies
That apprehend more than
Cool reason ever comprehends”
Love loves without reasoning
Love is merely a madness suffer by all
lovers in love.
-©Peter. A. Onasanya
82
O, MY LOVE!
O, my love!
If loving you is madness
I don’t want a cure
I want to remain chanined
If loving you is a disease
I don’t want a remedy
If loving you is a sickness and problem
I don’t want a solution either
I want to be ill all years long
If loving you is an ocean
I want to drown in there
If loving you is dying
I want to be interred with you
But, if loving you is being wise
Nay, I want to remain a fool
Otherwise, I might be tempted
To think twice, or consider this and that
So, let your love drown me
Incarcerate me and preserve me in your
heart
For all time to come
Oh! Heaven grant that there is no healing
for love
For my heart pants after you, my love
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Thou golden scarlet lady of no wrinkle or
spot
Sleekly face like a snow
You! Are my love
-©Peter. A. Onasanya
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
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To be famous, influential and rich is good
To be a humble liver and wise is admirable
To be beautiful, kind and nice in character
Is a good virtue for emulation
To be proud, haughty and cruel
Is loathsome and detestable
To be in love is the best virtue
Worthy of emulation
As I o, my love loved thee
To be or not to be, at home
I linger and loiter for you, my lover
To be or not to be, come home
And kiss me! Saying:
To be or not to be
I will always love you.
-©Peter. A. Onasanya
85
MY LOVE! MY DOVE!
My love, my dove, my sweetheart
I love you with all my heart
I think ‘bout you all along my way
Someday let me live within the circle
Of your arms round me
So that I may sleep without memories
Loving you is the only thing
That makes life worth living for me
Cos ‘ve love you for long
I love you my heartthrob
If I had love you for a second
I could never love you more
If I had love you for a minute
I could never love you more
If I had love you for an hour
I could never love you more
If I had love you for a day
I could never love you more
If I had love you for a month
I could never love you more
If I had love you for a year
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I could never love you more
But, I had love you for long
And love never dies
I love you for eternity
And there wouldn’t be an end to our love
Loving you is the only thing
That makes life worth living for me
Cos ‘ve love you for long
I love you my heartthrob
My love, my dove
You are all I have
You are a horse, let me mount
You are a mountain, let me climb
You are an almond tree, let me pluck and
eat
You are a river, let me swim
You are a stream in Eden, let me wade
through
You are a well, let me dig
You are honey, let me eat
Baby, feel my candlelight
In your honey reserve
I love you for eternity
Loving you is the only thing
That makes life worth living for me
Cos ‘ve love you for long
I love you my heartthrob
--©Peter. A. Onasanya
JUST YOU AND ME
Think about this,
We’re at the beach, beyond afternoon,
The lights were dimly lit,
And a love blues was blasting from the
background slowly:
I love you with all my heart!
Set me as a seal upon your heart!
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For love is stronger than wine!
And guess what!
We’re lost in each other arms!
Digging! Rolling! And moaning ….ooooooh!
uuuh!
Unch…hhh!!!sssh!!!shhhhhh!
Let the realities be dawn on us,
Just you and me lost in passion heaven,
Beyond the clouds and the stars,
In the pacific milky way,
Sweet love, one day let me live,
In the shadows of your arms encircle around
me,
You up! Me down!
Rolling and smooching,
At our rendezvous on the sandy beach,
In the shadow of the night,
While the moon smiles in admiration,
And stars shout rahkah! Deh! Deh!
O the clouds whisper- I love it! Meow! Meow!
Coo! Coo!
Just you and me always.
© Peter .A. Onasanya.
LOST IN YOU
Smile around the world,
Look at me,
Have a seat,
And gaze at the clock,
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It’s about time,
We make love together,
Why shall we remain dressed? (Again),
We must undress immediately,
So, unbuttoned my shirt,
Pull it off me,
I did the same,
Pull off your blouse,
And set those knobs free,
With your fingers,
Release my stud,
From its prison,
Now, get on the rendezvous,
Oh! I am lost,
Where am I,
“Inside of me “- you say,
Just in a twinkling,
Where are we,
Lost but found ourselves,
In the land of the unknown- the you.
© Peter .A. Onasanya.
In the land of the unknown- the you.
© Peter .A. Onasanya.


