JEREMIAD: "SONNET OF HURT" BY LASISI VICTOR

You were always in my heart

Distance could not set us apart;

But you drifted off as if it never existed.

It's always hurting and hunting me.

Remember you touched my

soul with your black naked fingers-

They left deep scars in my veins.

I hope you will one day realize:

How much all these means,

How much you've costed someone,

How bad you hurt someone,

How someone forgave you with tears

Without you even knowing...

So far away, I hope you would recollect.

LASISI VICTOR OLUWADAMILARE

- Nigeria

The poet personae seems to long for the love he imagines to have. The voice of the poem seems to be betrayed by never meeting anyone yet.