Poetry: “If I Had Known” by Sanni MonsuruAdetunji

IF I HAD KNOWN

If I had known,

I would have paused the

Sacred moment that we

Spend to spent, when the

Haze of your love

Cluster my heart like a

honeycomb.

If I had known,

I would have travelled

Through the path of time,

Just to be with you.

If I had known,

I would have been to

The sorcerer, to cast

Your aroma of love on me.

If I had known,

I would have sat with you,

Day and night, to dance

To the rhythm of your heart.

If I had known,

I would have drank

From the fountain of

Longevity, just to be

Aged with you.

If I had known,

I would have visited

The sky-

To see the star-gazer

Just to realigned our stars;

To see the moon

To aglow our faded dreams;

And

To see the sun

Just to fetch rays to

Reignite our faded love.

If I had known,

I would have listened to

The gossip songs of the

Whirling winds, chanting-

Never sow all your seeds

In on farm.

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Sanni MonsuruAdetunji

is a graduate student of Biochemistry, currently working on

Metabolism and Toxicology of Antioxidants, at Molecular Drug Metabolism and Toxicology

Research Laboratories, University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He is a young and aspiring poet that

dwells in the wilderness of word-smiting not long ago.