Before Love Poem by Deluke Muwanigwa

Before Love

Before love
Arms were for eating with,
then they became busy elsewhere

You walked a beaten path
now limps reach where they never trod before

The lessons in anatomy
becoming like child play

Pain receptors moving to your mind
your body confusing your soul

What you thought inedible
becoming palatable

The world bearing new fruit
you a child at someone's feet

Suckling to grow fonder
Giving and forgiving

After love, life begins
born again,
unlike before love

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