When Love Sinks It Sinks Real Deep Poem by Sarah Mkhonza

When love sinks it sinks so deep,
This quick sand takes your down real far,
You end up battling for breath,
With just your neck above the ground.

When love rises it rises high,
You walk on airs and trees look
Far shorter than you, and love itself,
For it is the power that envelopes
Its prey, and takes it where it wants.

Don't get stolen by love, but steal
Love and get it to do what you want.
Remember that it is a powerful tool
That has its own hidden gang that wears
Red and white on Valentines Day.

For love to have its own day like you
Is a sure sign that you be warned for
You are dealing with one hell of a clever
Mystery that is always waiting to be
Solved by you and a few others. Stay
Cool on this road to love, for it has
Many stops some of which have no signs.

Look outside yourself and stay inside
As well, for neither of the two sides
Are to be neglected for the inside is
The part you will open for the stranger
At the next stop sign.

Remember to keep your head high
For the neck starts to bend, when
It is overladen and the shoulders
Begin to show, when the sinking
Begins. Remember love is a feeling
Not a thing that can sit on the
Shoulders like a parrot does on
Your hand.

Remember it does have wings to fly
And let lose the parrot for they say
To hold on to it is not to love genuinely
If I may speak for the experts.