Love Poem: My Nkiru

My Nkiru

She was desperate to find love
 I was desperate for my love to 
 love me

 Nkiru was running to find love
 While I was waiting patiently for 
 my love was yet to find me.
 
 We met in an MBA class 
 And became casual friends
 But she was desperate
 Age was counting, pressures too
 I wanted to be loved and was 
 willing to wait
 But Nkiru was not my chosen love

 The closer she got to me the farther
 I slipped away from her
 She smothered me with her kisses
 But I couldn't respond because
 I could not pretend
 
 Then my patience paid off
 The love of my heart responded
 There was a song in my heart
 And a spring in my walk
 My love has come home to stay

 Nkiru couldn't stay any longer
 She had become desperate
 Age was counting, pressures mounting
 So she walked away from life
 As my love walked in.
  (Written on the 23rd of March, 2015)