Abigail

ABIGAIL; CAN YOU?

That my heart is a roofless hut

Is why I have kept its door shut

It was once the home 

Of a queen I crowned 

With teen emotions 

She became the wind and flew 

Away with the roof 

Leaving cracks on the tender walls

When she left I kept it open

Hoping Time would bring another maiden

To rebuild it into a haven   

Many do come around only

To survey the extent of havoc

My eyes brim over with

Tears anytime I wink at them 

An invitation to enter—

They walk away with stomping 

Footsteps that widen the cracks

I locked my heart 

Buried the key in the bed of the ocean

And put on my opaque glasses . . .

Some nights ago  

Your light sneaked into 

My realm of blindness

It has failed to die off

Abi, have you come to take a peep

Like the others do?

Will you enter, if I ask you in?

O the key!

Lost in the bottom of the deepest sea

Abigail, can you swim?

Can you swim down and get it for me?

To unlock my heart and enter

That's not all, the roof!

Gone forever with the first queen

Abigail, can you climb?

Can you climb up and fix the roof?

To fortify against rain and shine

What about the walls?

O Abi, can you dig?

Can you dig some flesh from your heart?

To mend mine

Abigail, can you?

I have already rebuilt another crown

Worthy of your beautiful head

(c)Sarpong Kumankoma

10/01/16

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