Song Of The Spheres
(For Christopher Okigbo)
Ecstatic cries echoed in the
Tube of the ears of the earth
And aroused this naked madness in me
Whispers of the winds and waves
And sent me swimming in the
Silence of the songs of the spheres
When you led me to the spring
Believing me a bard
Prince of the words of the world
And fed me sounds
In saucer strings
Spears of the light of the skies
You took me to the spring
Believing me a bard
Fierceness of the poetry of the beginning
The maddened sounds thunder
As they strike me
Pulsates of the poetry of the end
Umar is a poet and a naval officer. This poem is taken from his debut collection, Striking the Strings, due out early 2013 from Origami Press.
