Teboho Mpho Leonard Ramokhele Poems

You’re the Rose that bears me neither thorns nor thistles
Yet your love erupts and spreads like thrown missiles
You’re the rose that bears me sweet fruit like strawberry
You’re that which lingers while making me more merry
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I falter to think of a day spent without my heart
She takes it with her whenever we part
Yet brings it back better than it was before
My heart’s keeper she is, and more
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I write to let you know I think about you
Lest you decipher how I feel
My heart does give me courage to reveal
Vain hopes I’ve long since harboured silent from you
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