road to damascus

at the gasp hanging
between the prayer for you and amen
i weep

call to me on the road to damascus
drown me in light
robe me in brightness

for love is blind
and the world is dark
yet you alone i see.

forever & ever
find a space for me in your heart

amen.

Muheez Olawale is a winner of the Makeke Writing Contest, a joint winner of the BCD-UTULU Prize, and a Best of the Net nominee. He has works published or forthcoming in Brittle Paper, PoetryColumnNND, The B'K Mag, The Hooghly Review, Aorta Literary Mag, Last Leaves Journal, and elsewhere. He currently resides in Lagos, Nigeria where he works on his debut novel. He tweets and grams @_muheezolawale.