MY LOVE

Award winning poem(TAFSSA, UNN) 2012.

I was old enough,
So I needed to fall in love.
I searched right from the earth, up to the heavens above,
Then finally, I fell in love with dramatic art;
I spent few years with her, but she left.
So I decided to woo theatre arts,
But she told me that she was already engaged to "And film studies".
I was relentless, so I watched all her natural features and all that she embodies,
I learnt what I was suppose to learn about her then forced my way into
The family of the now "Theatre and film studies".
At first, I was embraced so tightly,
Although not totally in, but I sprayed my love so slightly.
I had personal thoughts, ideas, and sentiments,
But for theatre, I loved her without reminants.
My parent thought that theatre had raided, raped, and ruined me;
All the while, she was making, shaping, and grooming me.
So if I should come out and say that "The show must go on"
Without dr Nwaozuzu coming out to flow on.
If "THE PARABLE OF THE SACRED DRUM must be burst open without a rhythimic sound,
Then the OTHER SIDE OF THE MASK must be turned WHEN THE ARROWS of the past REBOUNDS.
Oh theatre my love, theatre my heart,
Theatre my all, we can never fall apart.
If I'm to come back to the next life,
Please do not hesitate to be my wife
Because your beauty is so dangerous like the sharpest part of a knife.
I love you theatre,
And its you I will always love!
I LOVE YOU!