Failed To Appreciate Poem by Musa Ndhlovu

To all the pain I cost you,
I have no way to pay you
Back with. The effort cost
Me much to make you feel pain.

To all the time you spent with me,
I have no amount to pay you back.
The moment I tried to gather the
Amount, you spent your time with me.

To all the sacrifices you made,
I have no better one to counter
Act yours. No matter how hard I
tried to stop you, you continued.

To all the choices you took,
The one you made for leaving
Me made me to realize that you
Thought of yourself alone.

With a broken heart, you came.
With my effort I fixed it. I
Expected nothing as a payment,
Not even a favor as payment.

Wrecked as you were, I build
You up. I placed you in shape,
and you shorn so bright
I even feared to touch you.

You ignored all the things
I did for you. The love I had
For you I proved it by trust.
Yet, you boiled with lust.

I don't hate you for all
Of that; all that don't hurt
Me at all. I forgive you. Yet
Never will I forget your ways.

Nothing hurts me most
Than the fact of knowing
That you never appreciated
Every little thing I did for you..