Dance Here
i see your body dancing, talia.
like your heart & its beat,
it’s dancing to the chimes
of my gestures.
talia, there is no mountain of loathe
that can trammel
the nexus of this bond,
neither is there any river of prejudice
that can drown the sprout
of this devotion. take me into the sanctuary
of your love, talia.
take me in your swathe of tintinnabulation,
so we can conglomerate into a testament of euphonies—
a chronicle of sweet songs.
Ajise Vincent is a Nigerian Poet. His poem Song of a Progeny was a shortlisted poem at the Korea-Nigeria Poetry feast, 2015. His works have been published in London Grip magazine, Eureka, Kalahari Review, Sakonfa literary Magazine, Synchronized chaos, AfricanWriter, Indian periodical, Jalada Africa, Black boy review, Tuck Magazine, Harbinger Asylum and various literary outlets. He writes from Lagos, Nigeria.