Don't Tell Me Your Name Poem by Sammy Aswani Luyove

I'm staring at you
Because you look new
Your beauty is stunning
Like a sea squid,
But I know my queen-mother,
The mother of my little angels,
The daughter-in-law of my mother,
The sheath of my only spear,
The one that you now claim;
The queen-mother, loves me dearly.

But now I seek acquaintance,
Don't tell me your name
Because I'm a sound-dreamer,
And my queen-mother is a schemer
And callous!
She'll stalk me for your name
In the middle of my nightmares
So don't tell me your name,
Though I love your irresistible fame.

Your geography;
Features of your landscape
Are vast and perfect;
Are visible even to the blind
And these of you, make you dearer,
So I feel you,
And see you
And love you
But, I fear shame
Don't tell me your name.

My dear one,
The Queen-mother is unforgiving
And she'll kill herself
If I call her by a fling's name.
She'll hang her children
When she finds me guilty of infidelity!
So don't tell me your name
If you love me.
And when you touch me my dearer
Don't spray yourself with your sweet lotion
The queen-mother is a horse with smell
So, just love me a portion
And don't tell me your name.