Love Poem: Absolute Love
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Written by: Tolulope Onayemi

Absolute Love

I didn't see you there; hey!

I didn't expect you; but hey!

I almost lost hope for you; but hey there!

Like any other day, 

I walked my usual path,

I was certain nothing unusual would happen,

These days have been more of a routine.

I did write about you;

And there you were;

You looked like you embodied all the 'good' in the 'good morning'.

And that smile, smiling at a stranger like that!

I knew I had lost when I saw the smile.

You said 'hello', and whatever followed after flew past me. 

I know I gestured for you to repeat what you said;

Sorry, I was still locked in that smile.

All the love songs I had saved on my playlist flashed in my head at once.

I know it's an exaggeration; I know.

But that's how I felt when I met you.

Along the usual path, I found someone unusual.

It turned out you needed guidance to your destination.

While we talked, I shone in your eyes.

You found me just as I found you.

My absolute love was, and has been written.

I wrote about you before I met you,

And writing about you was just as beautiful as the wishes, and prayers that brought you to me.