No One Told Me Poem by Kondwani Simwaba

No one told me!
I began with a pen and paper; all the while I told stories, that could graduate into what could today be termed as poetry; You see! I fell in love with her, at a very tender age she promised me love; she told me, that if I could make the pen bleed beautiful words then she'd never part from me; so in my pursuit for making the pen ooze profusely, I ventured into some of the most clandestine facets of my life and I scribbled words about my demons; unconscienciously I, let everyone in on my deepest skeletons until they all became osteologists.
She promised to be my wife; you see, I was convinced that she and I were meant to be like a honeycomb; everytime I graced the pen, she'd whisper sweet nothings into my ears and I felt like the only man in this world, but she lied to me! Because before me, she shook spears with William and still rose in the morning with Maya, while burning ice with fire and at the same time trying to defrost the cold crystals that Robert encased my heart in; she cheated on me!
While we were playing boyfriend and girlfriend, she had already been married to a considerable few; while she promised me greener pastures, she had already prepared grazing fields for some and I was the cattle trying to graze on the concrete foundation that I thought we built this relationship on; but I guess I should have read between the lines, because this was all too good to be true, a façade; because she gave me the power to speak for the weak, taught me how to channel my emotions until I became meek; elating my heart, I forgot to be bleak; but I could have never forseen the fall, that she would raise some and drop my heart.
You see! I have seen juveniles put a ring on her finger, while I ogled in despair because no one ever told me that love is just a moment in time and age is but a meaningless number...
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