Love Poem: Love's Opinion
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Written by: Thabang Ngoma

Love's Opinion

You were my first opinion
My best companion
I couldn’t breathe without your opinion
Although you made me cry like an onion
You were still my second opinion
My last even like the sting of a scorpion

You were the lie of true love’s promise
Of romance that only exists when we reminisce
And selective memory wins the toss
When our hearts are in fact covered in moss
And we access the spilt loss
Of milk, tears, love and all that mess
The torn wedding dress,
I miss

Truth be known
I have no other world to land on
To take off to
I hope you feel the same way too
Because I was born
Of this world I’m torn
I lost patience with myself
I have only you now to think of
Love are you true?
Will you ever come through

The impatience of a hammer hitting a nail
The force of gale against the empty shell of a snail
My thoughts are no longer my own,
I need you have faith in you again
I don’t stand a chance outside your dominion
Love, my only opinion