I WILL SURVIVE

(Dedicated to the victories of women who have overcome the tests of their love…
Women like…TAMMY HENRY BENNET, ANDREA TAYLOR & JUANITA MORENO)


I WAS BROKEN
MY HEART WAS BROKEN INTO SHARDS OF DELICATE CRYSTALS
MY PEACE WAS TWISTED BY THE WINEPRESSES OF GATH
MY JOY HUNG TO DRY LIKE THE KITES OVER THE SAHARA
MY DESIRE WAS OVERCOME BY THE SUBTLE LUSTS OF HAIPHA
AND MY INNOCENCE WAS TORN BY THE RAGE OF SHECHEM

I HAVE WALKED THE WALLS OF SHAME
MY HEART WAS THE CANVAS FOR PAINTERS OF PAIN
MY FLESH WAS THE SKIN FOR DRUMMERS OF DOOM
I HAVE SEEN THE SHORELINES OF HADES
AND MY EARS HAVE HEARD WHISPERS OF DEATH

MY TEARS HAVE FLOODED THE FORKS OF THE EUPHRATES
MY SOUL WAS FORLORN AND MY SPIRIT WEARY
MY RAINBOW WAS ARCHED INTO THE GUTTERS OF DESPAIR
I WAS FOREVER AT THE CORRIDORS OF SHEOUL
AND MY HOURGLASS WAS OSCILLATING AS AEON FLUX

BUT THEN I HEARED THE TENOR OF A DISTANT TRUMPET
AND THE THUNDERING HOOFS OF ETERNAL SALVATION
THEN I KNEW – MY LOVE CAN NEVER BE BROKEN
FOR I AM A PEARL IN THE SHELTER OF A LION KING
AND THE TRIBUTARIES OF THE NILE WERE FORMED FOR ME

I AM BLESSED AS THE CONSTELLATION OF ANDROMEDA
AND MY HEART SHIMMERS INTO THE SUNSET OF GRACE
I SHALL SOAR INTO THE SUNRISE ON EAGLES WINGS
INNOCULATED WITH THE ULTIMATE LOVE
BEAUTIFUL BEYOND REPROOF


MY LOVE STRETCHES FROM THE VALLEY OF SECRETS
TO THE PEAKS OF SNOWCAPPED MOUNTAINS
MY LOVE ILLUMINATES THE OCEANS OF GALAXIES
AND THE NEVERENDING SPIRALS OF THE MILKY WAY
MY LOVE IS AWESOME
IT IS THE GREATEST LOVE



© George Honey Ashiru
Month of Love, 2009