You'Re Sad Poem by David N. Munene

Please come my dear
Come and dance with me dear
Like you did last year
Dance with me whilst am still here
Whilst am still near

Please, please smile,
Let your face dump anger a mile
Let not the sun,
On your wrath go down
But now you frown
Your forehead like a wet gown

Why won’t you skip
And hop
And jump
And skip and hop and jump
But you won’t swallow the lump
To on your heart light a lamp
Instead you on your joys tramp
Whilst you let clouds triumph

Embrace me like you did,
When from winter you my skin hid
Like favour to a soldier by shield
While he stands in a battlefield
But you won’t; you can’t
You’re sad;
And mad

You wear the face of a clown
While initially you wore a crown
Complexion of yours that was brown
Darkens; tints to the black renown
You won’t hear the sound
That is in my heart all round
For sadness comes to surround
That which you could not ground

Please do not forget
How you forged and happiness let
Through my all; even the gullet
How like a mallet
You rammed joy in me like notes in a wallet
And made my face dress in royal violet
How with your incandescence you my heart made most
Your liveliness had me off my feet swept
Those days when you wept
But now sadness into you has crept