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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

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.