Had I knownA Poem by Folagbade Muyiwa
Patience they say, is a virtue
I believed but didn't accept Jumping at you was easy Giving me the smile I wanted I was in no wreckage When I met you Because I didn't accept that virtue I jumped at your offer My heart never said no Just as I wanted Never did I remember That I didn't know tomorrow Though laughter was never scarce When your heart spoke through your mouth It was not what I needed But I believed and accepted it To my heart You were so really in Never did I know that to your heart I was just a passerby You pretended to be true Though your fakeness was revealed Yet I believed in your pretence And exposed my heart to the arrow My heart was not weak But your poisoned arrow pierced through And brought me to the ruins Where I never was © 2014 Folagbade Muyiwa |
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