You Think? Poem by Lilian Wanjira

This is a poem of a young girl growing into a woman, learning new things and picking experience down the road of life...

You think that am the same,
You think that the once naive girl,
Will come running to your arms,
Only to find them cold and 'locked'..
Trying hard to find her way to your heart,
Only to to befriend rejection,
And hoping, hoping so much,
That you will eventually love her,
And when you did, You did for a reason,
A reason i so well knew, but,
To make you stay, i gave in...
But dawn has come...

Do not think that i am the same,
Do not think that the flowers and candies,
Will make me run to your 'open' arms,
Do not think that i will 'pay' to be loved,
Do not think that am still on the ground,
I rose at dawn and realized that you never loved me.....

30th January,2009
Nairobi, Kenya