No Rain Tonight!



There was I again,
Staking my firebrand mind
With the flames of arithmetic;
Hoping that some day,
I would not have a loss
In the trial of skill,
Else, I should crash
As a broken glass vessel
Fallen from the shelf,
And my friends would mourn
While unknown foes rejoice.

The fire flamed hard,
Yet, the brain couldn't boil;
Did it?
But, it had to boil for something else:
Fighting more than ever,
The mighty restless soldiers
Of every cool dry night
In the poor unkempt tropics.

I struck and slew
As they hovered around,
Dancing on my soft skin,
Piercing and seeking to pierce,
For a suck of pure blood;

I warned; I ignored,
But, I couldn't; I warned again,
Again and again, and again,
Still, they hummed all about,
Irritating; Troubling;
Why this wretched mosquitoes?

I dreamt of my abode,
Not far away;
But I kept wondering:
Could I be free even,
Though I come under its shield?

Then,
I remembered the rain;
Yes, the shower of that memorable night
Which, though, never fell,
Yet, did bring succour to my soul.

Now, I long for it,
To smell its cool embracing dew,
And hear its pleasing notes;
But I found it nowhere:
For there was no rain tonight!

I had to fight on then,
For the war never ended
While the enemies still swam about.
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

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Scheme AXXBXXXXXXX XXCXXXDX EXFXG XAAHIX XBIFX AXDXX CEXXD AGH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,182
Words 227
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 11, 8, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5, 3

Pius Has Pagiel

Fresh and new, and young. Born in a village hospital in Ogidi, Anambra State of Nigeria on Tuesday, 26th September, 1989 to Mr. and Mrs. Pius Nwibo Onwe, who hail from Ndewugo-Inyimagu of IZZI LGA of Ebonyi State. My family name is Onwe Arinze Pius. Pius Has Pagiel is my pen-name. Some very close friends call me Soisese Oinese(meaning Success Onwe in my private language). I passed through Christ the King College, Onitsha and made one of the best results- I was science-inclined, though, I love literature very well. I won the best literature student award in first Senior Secondary School class before I dropped the subject for full science ones. Today, I am a student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria. Luckily, I am into Architectural Studies, a mixture of Arts and Science. I love it. I wish to be a renown poet and author in the future. I like writers like Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Alfred Lord Tennyson, John Keats, Wilbur Smith and several others. Let's be friends on facebook. Search my profile: Pagiel Pius Has. Mail piushaspagiel@yahoo.com. Thanks. more…

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