Gentle Sleep.

Dedicated to the gentle soul of my friend, classmate and brother Prosper Chukwu Uchenna.

Gentle soul, gentle sleep;
The grievance bestowed upon us.
It waded into our hearts:
Our joy, it withered, our fun confiscated.

Gentle sleep of a gentle soul;
The solemnity of our once cheerful faces.
Vigour of our hearts, where are they?
And our euphoric moods, like the wind, now beyond our grip.

Gentle soul in his gentle sleep,
But we are lost in such searing silence.
For many whys we do wail,
But to which when do we wait?
Now that time has refused to move;
also stuck in grieving the lost.

Reviews

[dan]

Bonaventure, This is such a gently sweeping poem that asks a lot of searing questions, never quite getting the answers for which it looks. The ending is sad but fitting, it finishes by choosing to grieve, but is the absence of the answers the reason for the grieving? That part is left to the reader to decide, and that's always a good way to end a poem, by making the reader think. Very nice writing, my friend. take care...dan

[Captain Rilen]

Another deeply emotional piece. Beautifully sad. I love the layout of the poem as well, it really reads beautifully.

[Lizardo]

Bonaventure, The last stanza was for me the best out of all the poem
"We are lost in such searing silance"
you speak wisdom in your words, I do like a lot this poem
Thanks for sharing this amazing piece of poetry!

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the tone and the gentleness of the poem.
"Now that time has refused to move;
also stuck in grieving the lost. "
You left the reader with sadness and question. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[ms. barrie]

I agree, this is very beautiful...sorrowful
written with eloquence. I'm truly sorry as well..
thanks for sharing~ b.

[Cool Girl]

Quite beautiful, but very sad... Wonderful job!!

[Bonaventure Onuabuchi]

Thanks for hearing that from you.

[Cool Girl]

You're welcome!! :)

[Sami Khalil]

Grieving the lost is very hurtful and touching. Let them sleep gently and let us remember their good deeds. Excellent...:)..........

[Bonaventure Onuabuchi]

Hmm! You've said it real and all.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:).....

[luvs2write]

This poem has such a beautiful sadness to it. I really enjoyed it. You have such a haunting way with your words...I did notice one typo. It's in the very first line, I think you mistook a "k" for an "L". Nice work, keep writing!!

[Bonaventure Onuabuchi]

Thanks for the read and review, and much more thanks for the correction... I honour that, and going to do something about it.

[wordman]

this is a great soul searcher to ponder om

[Vanesa Markovic]

Very sad, very touching.
-VM

[Bonaventure Onuabuchi]

Thanks for reviewing.