Upon the Conversation of Love.
I understand love. I know it like I know my mother’s face. I know how love is exposed when trying to hide behind dark curtains. I could close my eyes to spot out love, even in darkness. Love doesn’t make itself so difficult to be seen. I know how love absorbs intimacy like cloths Do water. You wouldn’t wring it out, unless you were willing to face the dryness of a lifetime. Before love, I know how the longing & the absence feel like a thirst. You want to carry the jug & gulp to thirst no more, even though a little sip intoxicates. And then, after love finally comes upon you, your heart, closed like a tomb, opens to be filled. Opeyemi Oluwayomi is a Nigerian writer, an English & Literary student of University of Ibadan. His works have appeared or are forthcoming on Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, Ink Sweat & Tears, Art Lounge Journal, Brittle Paper, Shallow Tales Review, Ekstasis Magazine, Eboquil Magazine, … Continue reading Upon the Conversation of Love.
