Of Love And Poetry Poem by Kenneth Maswabi

I started off as a Lover
Then poetry followed me
I tried to cast a spell
To hide my madness
Poetry broke the shell
Inside my being
And I became a true Lover
I think Love is the ultimate poem
Inside my poetry
I can only look for Love
And then I will find my poems
Poetry is the broken pieces of me
Love is the wholeness of poetry
I am pieces of my poems
Scattered on the canvas of life
Love is the medicine to make me whole
In my solitude, poetry became my Love
In my poetry, Love became my being
I am totally in Love with Love
Poetry is my hideout
Where I can be a Lover
Inside the canopy of poems
It's totally madness
But this is sweet insanity
Don't look at me
You might see flames
It's not my heart that is burning
It's my soul fully illuminated
Don't hold Love in your hands
You will burn
Just let Love hold you
Then you will be flames like me
Sometimes I write about Love
Other times I just become Love
Love is my sickness and my medicine
Poetry is my hospital and my doctor
I can only be a Lover
Inside this furnace of Love
Love is my fire
Poetry is the matchstick

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