A FEELING WHICH I CAN'T EXPLAIN

I traveled to the oceans

Swifted to the deserts

worried to the wildernesses

eagerly approached all seen natures

All in the quest to get an explanation

The ocean used its links with all parts of the world to get me what I sort after

oh no, it came to lament

this is beyond my powers

can you please give me a year to find out?

The desert at first boasted of its power in use of whirlwinds

it rolled higher and wider

it rolled deeper and thinner

and it cracked down weeping:

I'd never failed this way before

I'm sorry I disappointed

The wilderness is the custodian of darkness and hidden secrets

it spoke majestically of its capacity to trench out the old and seemingly lost wisdom

it rustled its thick forest

it breadth out the savour of its concealed knowledge

lo and behold, it mourned the lost of the explanations I seek

And I resulted to consult the comity of other natures, the cloud, the sun, moon e.t.c

they had meetings upon meetings

brainstorming upon brainstorming

consultations upon consultations

they smiled at me like they've got the explanations to what I feel

they whispered in chorus to me saying:
we couldn't get any valuable information but we now know something

the explanation you seek is concealed in your heart

search it out

Then, I listened carefully to my heart

there a still voice said:

the feeling you experience is as a result of someone special you've met

and when I paid more solemn attention

I heard the name – Margaret Rose

immediately, satisfaction filled my heart

because of the feeling I can now explain.

composed and written by: Oludare Olumide