Love, Unfeigned
by SHOLOLA OLUWAFEYISIKEMI My soul still reaches out to you With every breath I take, my heart pulsates to the rhythm of your love I remember the day we met I had heard about you, countless times. I was desperate for love, I was all but blinded to yours. Till I let myself withdraw into a cocoon of brokenness. And then, your friends told me more about you And more and more Till I was ready to accept this unfeigned love I was warming up to I was filled with so much joy as I embraced your love, and then they told me you had a gift for me They whispered "open your heart" For so long I wondered "what did that even mean?" Did it mean to literally open the organ that pumped my blood? No, that was the countless movies I'd watched talking. Did it mean to close my eyes till I felt my heart burst open? My eyebrows, deeply furrowed in concentration, and my lips pursed in frustration Till slowly I felt your peace and the gift of your spirit And as we journey through the...