SNAPSONG 281
Elfin Song “I may never live Beyond the age of forty” The Elf once said In a moment blue and very dark “Flowers bloom their best Before
- By Niyi Osundare
Elfin Song
“I may never live
Beyond the age of forty”
The Elf once said
In a moment blue and very dark
“Flowers bloom their best
Before the sun's descendent assault
The drum unleashes its loudest
When its membrane is taut and tight”
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“Think and think again”,
The Caring Wizard advised,
Life's road may scare and sadden
With hills and hurdles
But below those hills
Are valleys with hidden treasures
Waiting night and day
For the conquerors of pain
The sun which withers the petals
Also ripens the patient fruit.
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Pithy Snaps
Life is a wound
Kindness is its balm
Love, its doctor
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Humanity is still learning
The safest way
To foretell the Past
And recall the future
