Beneath The Waves Poem by John Ilima

This poem is based on an unpleasant experience I faced on Valentines Day (2014) . I had planned for a surprise engagement to my girl friend on this day in Kampala Uganda, only to be disappointed to find out that evening that she was secretly having a date with another guy.When I called her several times without any response, I was terribly disappointed and decided to travel to Gulu, another city in Northern Uganda where I work. It was then around midnight EAT. I had some gifts for her including an engagement ring, but on reaching the Karuma Bridge on the River Nile, I felt the impulse to dispose them off the Nile. I alighted and did that exactly. On reaching Gulu, I got an instinct to draft a poem on this, and here I am.
I dedicate it to my friend Ritah Kiyai.