Doreen Maphosa Poems

Funny how your name doesn't bring a smile on my face
Funny how I've no sweet memories to recall to mind
Funny how I regret ever having said 'yes' to you
Funny how I've finally had enough
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This is a song for the lone pilgrim
This is music for the thoughtful traveler
Misery loves company
Loneliness cherishes bosom friends
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I remember when we used to lie here
Lovebirds, fortune brought us together
I remember when it felt like we had been together forever
Believers, nothing could have torn us apart
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Three words recall to memory like an old friend;
Safety, familiarity, warmth
One feeling I remember with strange familiarity;
Security.
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what yesterday never gave
what the past never provided
what my heart ever longed for
what the future will never provide for
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A figment of my imagination
Where did you go?
They adulterized me
They cheated me.,
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Eyes. Fixed. Object.
Its a girl.
Eyes. Fixed.
Judgment? Puzzlement? Admiration? Amusement?
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It can not stand still, no.
It can only give way to the new, yes.
Bittersweet.
It can not be denied, no.
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