Monday, 21 November 2016

Imagination: Literary Work by Mgbebuihe Obioma Esther

Image result for jesus     A flash of light, beams of my spirit clear the way for subtle feelings of my mind. In an attempt of greatness, my mind looks beyond the original. In the physique of my mind I thought I could beguile but behold it crunches and cranks up like a cranking prawn. I laughed so loud as the light was only a mirage, yes a mirage of hope, but could it really be? What! Did I say so? Of course it is. A lively hope of glory circling the fruitful pleasures of my heart with thoughts bubbling in my head yet never to be unlocked. Fluttering in my mind are unlimited pleasures of imaginations so wide and fair that I wonder casting it becomes my lot so much of it that I fear. But behold the light comes again, this time shinning like an unusual fire fly. The dragons in my heart begging to refuse but like a net on fire caught in the locks of misery, I jump into the pool of imagination again. The condition of my heart tells of the yearning of a better "imaginator" never to let me alone working the battle of my mind. In him I find an assurance that this flicking light will never go off; this light lightening the deep desires of my soul will never be put out.

Like a hunter's torch, my heart keeps burning within, outside, deeper and lower---what a confusion!! I run back to this man whose personality keeps me bewildered and never to stutter again. I cling to him for my life lies in his breast with my hands stretching to hold just the hem of his flowing garment so I would be declared free from the prison of my mind knowing I'd found a comely physician whose eyes dazzle with glory.

And now like a child I cower at the blazing glory of his soothing presence. Even if I flicker, cower, stutter, tremble, it is only in the cloves of his beautiful heart; a heart full of love for me. He picks up my imagination, weighing it on the scale of his feet and declared me discharged and acquitted. I marvel at this glorious declaration. Can this be me? I have run a full race into Adam's line of thought but now my days of glory have started for he has renewed my mind.

As stunning as it seems I know this time it's real, no longer a mirage, no longer news, but a long-lasting reality hunting and binding me. Let this love flow to my whole being, cleansing the envisions of uncultured heart for tonight, this day, I give my flickering mind to the glory of his imagination....

Written by:
Mgbebuihe Obioma Esther
Department of Educational Foundations
English and Literature
University Of Benin.
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