One Poem by Thompson Emate

 

Letters

 

Letters to tomorrow, 

Visions of the future, 

The hidden signs seen in the daylight, 

The obvious signs seen at twilight, 

Perceived by the gifted and chosen. 

 

Letters to the day, 

Words from the depths of the heart, 

Grief expressed in words, 

The aches for the departed, 

Hope for the days ahead. 

 

Letters in the night, 

Turbulence of the mind, 

Mysteries of the chamber, 

Emergence of the unknown, 

The pursuit of redemption. 

 

Letters in autumn, 

The whistle of the forlorn wind, 

The swaying of feeble boughs, 

The solace found in solitude, 

The impermanence of transition. 

 

Letters in summer, 

The radiance of the day, 

The fun in the fields, 

The songs sung under the sunshine, 

The happiness and home in every embrace.

Thompson Emate spends his leisure time on creative writing, particularly poetry and prose. He has a deep love for nature and the arts. His work can be seen in Poetry Potion, Poetry Soup, Visual Verse Written Tales magazine, Writers Space African magazine, Spillwords, Borderless Journal and elsewhere. He lives in Lagos, Nigeria.