The Chapel Choir | Olobo Ejile

(cover photograph direction: Tobi Amida)

for Muyiwa

In this solemn melody of the chapel choir,

that carries the ghostly silhouette of his lover,

who long passed on — his tears unfurled,

with the same rhythm, as the keyboardist’s

fingers softly strikes each key and note,

he hums along, still weeping in-between

exaltation of God and in memory

of his dead.

Olobo Ejile

hails from Dekina, Kogi State. He is a poet, writer, and researcher. His works have appeared (or are forthcoming) in ANA, Fiction Niche, Indy Press, among others. He is a fellow of the 2025 Idembeka Creative Writing Workshop. Currently, he is rounding off his M.A. at the University of Ibadan, where he majors in Literature.