DUET ON ROMANTICISM: "IF I WERE A POET" BY ZENITH AND OKEKE

If I were a poet

I would encrypt my pains 

Beneath the crust

Then plant a tree on it

To reveal the bitterness in my past.

If I were a poet

I would connect my heart and my wrist

With dotted lines of emotion

And permit the free swing of my pen.

If I were a poet

I would leap at every rhythmic sound 

That flows from the poetic world.

If I were a poet

I would write you a poem every day

My dear Future

If I were a poet

I would let my mind wander

In the river of thoughts

And fetch inspirations

That will forever be alive

And capture the heart of many

If I were a poet

I would cook the words

With my 'feelings' the seasoning

Then dish it out on a paper

With the ink and pen as my cutlery

I will feed till I get satisfied

If I were a poet

I would harmonize each step of my dance

With the rhythm of my heart

And transform each word

Into seeds of peace to reap

With fleshy juice to sip

If I were a poet

I would compose lines

With metaphors enclosed

Into deep hard shell

That when broken

Pain and love will flow for man to see

ZENITH CHERUB

and

OKEKE PRECIOUS OZIOMA

-JAY PRECIOUS