Her Name Is Chemistry

By:Iyanuoluwa Esther Onireti 

It hurts to see her glowing eyes only through a glass, 

deep in my heart I wish I could hold them with my hands.

When the breeze brings her kisses to my lips,

I wish I could feel them forever.

Her presence is felt even in my sleep, 

she consumes my body with her love.

A little reaction like neutralization surprises me like magic,

she gladdens my heart even when she reacts harshly.

I can not hold my eyes from admiring her beauty,

I find myself fantasising about her diamond skin. 

Her shape is complex sometimes, but it is always gorgeous.

She forms aromatic compounds to make me love her even more.

When my demand for food increases,

she provides urea, calcium nitrate, ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate, ammonium sulphate and superphosphate, to meet my demands.

She preserves my food with her gentle hands,

and form insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides, just to make me happy.

Her perfume softens my heart,

and her body is pillow to my head.

She clothes me

and calls me hers.

She shields me from the harsh sun,

and covers me from the dripping rain.

She protects me by providing explosives and poisons against my enemies. 

Her breast produces carbon dioxide

which turns lime water milky.

I can't imagine my life without her,

how she creates little things like fireworks just to entertain me still amazes me.

Easy transportation and communication are her work, and all life-saving drugs are her handiwork.

She is chemistry, 

a woman whose knowledge is wonderful.

She is chemistry, a woman whose beauty is marvellous.

She is chemistry, the woman i can't help but love.