Poetry from Abdulbasit Oluwanishola

THE WITHERING LOTUS

Our friendship was unique, kind and loyal
everyone wanted to mimic us
Friends from our childhood
We've been wining and dining as brotherhood.

We would dart into a dungeon together, 
We would fight for freedom & success
We supported each other like rhizobia and legumes
To fix our lives to this stage

Climbing each stairs, clearing each steps; 
We would laugh, and lay each other's
problems, to be shared and solved.
But, how come? We're now dissolved
I thought our bond was bound to eternity
But, he's blinded with money and disloyalty grows

He is greedy for gathering money
And we strove to secure it until our success
But he's a snake spitting out white saliva  full of spites.

Our stunning friendship like the moon and stars
has dimmed and quenched
Our white lotus was withering and yellowing
Our pure friendship ended with stain.