Unthinkable Love Poem by Bongiwe Ndlovu

Your touch was so firm that when you held my hand I felt the warmth like spasms. My breath was short because you kissed me too hard. I mistook the loud voice and rage for Love. I thought crying was what comfort meant. Even with the name calling and cruelty to human kind, I still have Love for you. They call you a monster because of your inhuman acts but my heart refuses to believe them.

Threats so real that taking them for promises was easy. The sound of irrelevant punches sounds like the melody of loving hearts. Your hugs so tight that my heart felt seizures as you lean towards me. I thought the heavy breaths were significant accomplices of respect. I mistook Words spoken under breath for some form of gentle whispers.

I look in the mirror and I see your reflection. I've become obsessive over your life, trying to figure out why it all turned out like this. Nobody wants to hear how you are an amazing person in both your dreams and mine but they wish to see you laying on the tomb stone that has your name on it. Who am I to believe, your heart or mine because one of us has got to be lying.