I Know You Don'T Want Me Because You Want To Want Me Poem by Pheko Motaung

I know you don't want me
Because you want to want me
You don't want me because you're
Sad that when we meet we talk about
Other things and we're too shy to
Admit that the feeling of mutual
Admiration is guilty of making us
Afraid of looking each other in
The eye and we would rather talk about
Other things that don't matter we
Try without much success to hide
The tenderness in our hearts and we
Want to keep the lump of affection in
Our souls under wraps though we know
That it is threatening to burst into the
Open and we'll be unable to control it
Oh you want to want me because you have
Finally admitted to yourself that I was
Right all the time you want to want me because
You cannot live a day to endure all the
Hurt in my voice you want to want me
Because you miss the sound of my feet coming
To you when I come with the lame excuse to
Ask you the childish question you want to
Want me when I deliberately stay away from
You when I tease you to see that I love you
You want to want me because you want to confess
That you love me and you want to allow me
To hold you and marry you as the custom says