Kojo Owusu

Come love, bereft
Of material opulence, spurned
Deserted in the caryatids
Of the ruins of the earth
We can with one heart sing songs
Of sorrow.

Our fate is to wander in grey abstractions
And bear the immeasurable crimes of the earth
But love, come, persevere.

In my heart is unbounded love
And the selfsame inexplicable sensation
Is evident in your charming eyes
Then if the two of us are ostracized
Love, look into my eyes
And smile and say with your magic lips
That we have nothing to lose
We are surrounded by a stream of love
And it is inexhaustible.

Even when our hearts wrenched apart by despair
There is an antidote against the poisonous charm
Your silent and demure
Visage will inspire me
To sing this song.

Come love, bereft
Of material opulence, spurned
Deserted in the caryatids
Of the ruins of the earth
We can with one heart sing songs
Of sorrow.

Kojo Owusu