I did not show up in time
until the critical minutes,
That would save our love,
Had all ticked away
until the sun,
Had kissed you more than I did
To free your heart astray
She had told me
"You're right next to my heartbeat"
But that was then,when we were hurled,
Into the depths of dream romance,
When we cared less of family vendetta
That couldn't even stand a chance
right then I knew 'nilishakupata'
My thoughts are still fervent,
and my words are still love arrows
Yet you still cut me dead
Yet you still wear crude slabs
of smoked quartz over your eyes,
Yet your eyes don't glitter anymore
Not even a twinge of twinkle grey
Im feeling no 'mapenzi' rays
You had made my heart unconscious
When you told me the bounds of your love,
I didn't know then,
That fact had little chasm from fantasy
That the scope,
Of the love sanctioned mission
Had contracted to nothing
How can you tell me now,
That you don't even feel a thing?
©simbiray
S