That Day, I Fell In Love – A poem by Victor Akhere

THAT DAY, I FELL IN LOVE

I fell in love on that day.

A delightful day in the waiting room,

This winsome lass led me

Into a world of wishful thinking, where

Beggars have begun to buy rides.

What a sweet smile she wore!

The cadence of her voice caressed my ears,

The same way a west wind

Glides over the green grasses in an open field.

I felt her pain of a prickly needle,

And the sprouting seed of love in my soul.

About the Poet

Victor Akhere is a medical student of the University of Benin. He was once long listed among the Best 85 students for the Nigerian Students’ Poetry Prize. He writes poems during his leisure.

Blessing Obiahu

Blessing Obiahu is a literary enthusiast and law graduate of Alex Ekwueme Federal University in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Her work has been featured in the 2021 Nigerian Students’ Poetry Prize anthology, Black but Famous (now Kaassa), Loana Press, Akpata Magazine, Challenging the Writers, the Umuofia Books and Arts Festival Anthology, and forthcoming in the Anarchist Fictions Journal. She is also the founder of D’LitReview, a literary website, and works as a Freelance Content Specialist.

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