MET IJEOMA This is Ije, She's the radiance in the solar, She came tonight And the stars came too, To envy the sky basking in her light She was the moon Do you know? The black domes in her eyes Told me I was due for a hajj Obiaruku, Abraka— Makkah, Madinah, to where, the call, I'll heed Days have a way of crawling into our nights Like a drunkard I got high on her excess Only to daydream of her Like spoken verses for Subh at Asr