Without you

                         

By Mory Keita

Under your spell, beneath your gaze

Dig the grave and let me lie in forever.

Glad to brave oblivion and solitude,

Glad to face you at every awakening

Glad to close my eyes to your fair smile.

Glad to live and breath but your perfume.

I shall seek neither sun nor moon, my love,

for your beauty is the sole light I crave.

So Shine my love, feed my soul with your light,

For without you life is like a barren horizon.

Without you

My heart is like a star

                                                      By Mory Keita

My heart is like a star, brighter that Sirius.

Its light illuminates this dull world,

Like sun shine upon us at dawn.

When my heart shall be broken,

The stars shall shatter like broken mirror

And darkness shall envelope this world.

Without my love there is no love,

Without my light there is no light,

And without light, night shall lonely sleep.

O heart, what is this world without light?

My heart is a star perched above clouds.

When the stars shall shatter, my heart shall break.

But, as long as Sirius and its companion shine,

My love shall always illuminate this dull world

My heart is like a star

The Graduate

 By Mory Keita

Give me my life, hand me my destiny.
For Long have I endured your dullness,
But you met me with despairs.

Give me my life, give me my future.
Your dullness is of unpleasant taste,
Let me explore new horizons, let me shine.
Sun smiles, clouds dance in the blue sky,
Birds’ sing, wind  blows, earth has shaken,
The blue ocean of knowledge lays ahead unexplored.
Do not retain me---let me sail off your shore.

I dream of noble deeds and epic adventures,
And you yearn of earthly delights.
Then, let our routes diverge after this odyssey,
Let my name be etched amongst stars,
Let me passionately molds my world,
Let me seek knowledge beyond the horizon.
For, unless his deeds transcend the ages,
A man’s existence fades compared to eternity.

Now, give me my life, let me shape my destiny.
Though you and I are bonded for life,
Our path resembles that of two lone clouds.

The Graduate

To Annie, my heart

   

                                                                 By Mory Keita

You ask, “do you love me?”

Yes, I love you with love,

Like I sing with birds,

Write with my pen.

I love you as I love your name;

Why must everything be wordily?

You ask, “do you dream of me?”

I love you but I do not dream of you,

For dreams are ephemeral.

You ask, “do you think of me?”

No, you hold no place in my thoughts,

For thoughts are vain like wind.

Again, you ask, “do we have a future?”

Maybe, I do not gamble with God.

Let us colorfully enjoy the present now.

Now you will ask, “Is there a place for me?”

Aye, you hold a place in my heart.

For my heart is with you and you with me.

I love you with my heart  and my heart is eternal.

To Annie, my heart