Love Poem: Sweet Cleiry
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Written by: Sizwe Hlabisa

Sweet Cleiry

Oh Cleiry! My baby, Oh lady, my dear Cleiry 

No words or letters can paint my heart 
So feel for yourself, my anguish is true 

No universe could dare tear us 'part 
So feel within self, these words are truth 

Oh Cleiry! My baby, Oh lady, my dear Cleiry
Believe me, I beseech thee, receive me, pleadingly 

The Sun stood still to breathe your skin
Both stars and moon soak in your glaring beauty 

Lest I plead with heart and bargain with soul
To forget the blaze of heart was daring duty

If the rumours are true, my bond is due

Oh Cleiry! My baby, Oh lady, my dear Cleiry, 
I 'm begging, distressing , I need you, don't forget me 

Oh Cleiry, 
      Oh Cleiry,
            my sweet lady, Oh Cleiry

Oh my Cleiry, 
         my Cleiry, 
                 my baby, Oh my Cleiry