14/04/2020
'Long Isn't Forever'
I have known you --
Like the shooting star knows its paths,
Like the flower knows when to bloom,
Like the firefly knows when to blink,
Like the spring knows its source!
I have known you --
Long!
I have known you --
Long enough to pick the strands of your hair,
From a barbers heap!
Long enough to hear your voice,
From a cacophony of wails!
Long enough to pick you when blindfolded,
From amidst maidens!
I have known you --
Long enough!
I have known you --
The scent of your breath,
The pulse of your heart,
The prick of your ni***es,
The supple of your skin,
The taste of your lips,
The contours of your hips,
I have known you --
Alas!
My love,
I have known you long,
But long isn't forever!
A smile and a frown,
Are both crescent curves.
Same tears shed from an eye,
Could be of joy or sorrow.
Tell me the secret of forever--
Take me to the garden of flowers,
Whose fragrances are fair forever.
Find me a road through this labyrinths,
Whose destiny is forever.
Trap me in a chaste chalice,
That remains pristine forever.
Drain down my doubts,
That this love is forever!
For, long isn't forever,
And...
Forever isn't long enough!
Oyoo Mboya