Why I Love You: Poem by Ohikhuare Isuku

I do not love you
because I long to cast
a life-long smile
upon your flashy cheeks,

or caress your darling sheen
while your awesome lips
cave into mine
like two rainbows embracing,

rather do I adore you
because of your comeliness;
for when the dry comes,
the verdant field loses
Its greenness and beauty
to the acrid dust

I love you because I must;
because like my breath,
without your tender touch
like the dew of dawn, 

or your mellifluous whispering,
or your ageless kisses,
I would be lifeless –
long gone into the abyss.