The Pilgrimage To The Passion Flower

The Pilgrimage To The Passion Flower

I saw the passion flower
Blossoming in a receptacle of thorns
With star-shaped cruciform petals of blood
I saw white butterflies hovering over the passion flower
Like angels flying around the Mount of Olives.
I saw ants crawling in a column on the stem to and fro the red petals
Looking like hooded Jesuit priests going to and fro a cathedral with stained glass windows.

- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima.

Monday evening of September 14, 2020.
Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria.
EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima is a prize winning writer of prose, poetry and drama.
He won the first prize in a national essay competition for secondary school students when he was 13 and his poem, "Song of Patriotism" won the first prize in a national poetry competition and his short stories. "One Day at Obalende Bus Stop" and "Memories of Another Day" have won third and second prizes in other competitions. He has also received an award for publishing. He is the author of "Children of Heaven", "Scarlet Tears of London", "The Prophet Lied" and other books distributed by Amazon, Barnes&Noble and other booksellers.
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