It Was Love At First Sight. Poem by DEDAN ONYANGO

It was love at first sight
With roses and champagne their love became bright
Expensive hotels, kempiniski, Sarova, they enjoyed their nights
Forget not Safari park
Their Mercedes Benz barked
As chivalric he faked his monster self.
Her hand he held tight
And a kiss he pasted on it
Soon, he shall chop it out.

It was love at first sight,
That their hearts pounded in delight.
Nothing under the sun was meant to set them apart,
Soon they moved to their matrimonial apartment
And their love grew greater
Soon, he shall start to regret

It was love that they thought held them together
A look at the past paints a portrait
Of a love that was not meant to prosper.
Once he beat her for nothing that seemed real
Today they are concealed with love that lacks zeal.
Their bed made of roses
Who knew will be turned to thorns
Soon, she will have to sleep on the coach.

It was lust that they had
Now tumultuous it has grown.
Love in the shanties now she longs
Love in the ordinary now she belongs.
It was love that never was,
Soon, she will move out!