Swindled Swindler Poem by Moffat Mbuzi

I stand at my back yard
I watch from afar
And see the way he's made you happy
The way he smiles at you


In his hands he holds what used to be mine
I once owned you with pride but now he owns you
I wonnder why I turned my back on you
And what it was that prompted me


Nights are forever without you
I spend sleepless nights with my mind full of you
surely I have lost my first possession


I left you in the cold for a young sweet lover
I should have known she was emptying my pockets
What a seasonal lover she was


With tenderness he cares greatly for you
He touches you soothingly and assures never to leave you
He cares everything about you
And treats you like a fragile rose


You showed love and joy to my heart but i threw it awy
You endured for me but I never saw it coming
I should have realised what a fool I was


It is I a swindler whose been swindled
It is I who was hurting you and yet my heart has been wounded
The only thing i was very compitent with was breaking your heart
I walked out of your life and compelled you to crying
Yet I am the one crying forever