I Love You – Don’t You See? Poem by Louise Tredoux

Playing ‘The Collection’ DVD by UB40 -
couldn’t stop myself, had to gyrate to this
laid-back Calypso music, never been to
places where they dance to this kind of
thing, made up my own moves, turned
clockwise till the world was swimming

Dancing for you, you smiling in happy
satisfaction, then ‘If It Happens Again’
mesmerizing while I keep on twirling,
‘Kingston Town’ – absolutely fabulous
to gyrate to this, hypnotizing, beat fast
enough, the wonder of becoming

One with the music, ‘Higher Ground’
still swaying to the same rhythm, this
is divine, how wonderful to become
a rhythm myself, then the slow-moving
‘Red, Red Wine’, just turning ever so
slowly, feeling the laid-back rhythm
invading my bones…

‘I Got You Babe’ - You grabbed me
as I passed by, kissing me, I ran away,
you knew I would take a shower before
we made love; just one more vodkatini;
I love you, don’t you see?