Love Poem: My Beginnings
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Written by: Keshan Govender

My Beginnings

The dots do I join, to rediscover
That which was forgotten, remembered through continuation
Naivety had my youth shown plenty
Lines of love, professed lies
My aspirations stemmed, by a being not noticing. 

Time has it stopped not for my admiration
Its progression I cannot prevent
But my mind's reversion, has already occurred
That which had been lived, is lived again
Her entrance I appreciate once more; the essence unfound. 

Events are offered no change, by memories
Questions unthought than, asked now
The height of my feelings, a hyperbole
A chance doomed by an evasive reality 
Her beauty existent; I chose a figment. 

Each confidant, hearing more passion than the last
If doubts were raised, my words were shown
A destiny I sought, with a name with no letters
My stare, affording no return glance 
Her interactions echoing no friendship; my ignorance deflated. 

A work I had begun ardently, not knowing
My return home , a return to future synonymy 
Pages torn, to drown in cliches
Her rejection, could not disconcert
The dots I made, do I join to know.