Under the Shadow of the Nocturne

That moment of shy beauty arching
like a rainbow across the skyline of our thoughts.

We look at what revelation it beckons,
what lush grace of colours it casts upon the horizon.

I have not known the night for a prank player but you,
who like the sun, manages to slink away soon before darkness

arrives, hack into my consciousness like a dream.
And in this small place where teenage fingers tiptoeing on the

the keyboard is our shyness crossing a river on a bridge
of words, I show you the love that distance continually bars me from

truly showing. Sylvia, I do not know what more
mysteries the night has kept from us.

But I came into this dark hour heavy with longing. Now, I 
rest under the shadow of this nocturne we’ve undraped

Omodero David Oghenekaro (b.2003) is a Nigerian poet. He’s been published on Brittle Paper, Icefloe Press, Poetry Column NND, African Writer Magazine, Arts Lounge, and his work is forthcoming, this July, in Lolwe. You may reach him on Twitter: @OmoderoDavidOghenekaro