Love Poem: Dominicela
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Written by: Afolabi Taiwo

Dominicela

Dominicella

  Tree of love
  Cast your shadow upon me,
  Let through your bloom run,
  As butterfly run-through the rose bushes,
  And suck in the nectar
  Of sweet ecstasy.

  Your cherubic lips,
  That edges the rows,
  Of your cotton teeth,
  Fan the ember of a won't go lover,
  And your hair
  Like the lounging Crotalaria,
  Falls helplessly on your restful shoulders,
  I possessed your body,
  Etched deep into my dream,
  Lifting the desires in me,
  Afar, I watch you the maiden,
  In the village stream, body silhouette
  Against the shimmering glow,
  Of the water sets
  my desires afloat,
  If only she could see me now
  If only she could rest,
  Her dove eyes-like two diamonds
  Set in your cherubic face 
  Leer into my throb,
  I will open my heart,
  And show her loves stings and bites,
  Far too long,
  I have camouflages
  A bruise heart and shed tears,
  Of blood, from the heart that love,
  Now open your heart,
  Feel the warmth of sweet,
  Desire shut-off the door,
  Of the bride chamber,
  And in the den of our love,
  Let sweet aroma wrap the silence,
  Of our long drawn pretension .

  {Dominicela is a Latin word for a girl who is
  unattested}