Love In The Dumpsite

 We met for the first time at the site

You collecting paper bags and i plastics

Our eyes met and it was love at first sight

On our way home we lit the match sticks

We had no candles nor torch for light

But our hearts shone like red lip sticks

For it was love that was more than love

In my makeshift house we made dinner

And spread the jerry cans cum tables

Not even the foul smell of the litters

In the dumpsite outside could stop us

Collecting plastics daily became our life

They talked about us e'ry where we passed

They wished they could love with love that

Was more than ours,even those with cars

Jealousy made them snatch you from me

In the rehab they claimed that you were mad

Not knowing you were mad for me and my love

Oh Nasibo,come back to me.

Bring back my love to the site

Where we fell in love at first sight.


Comments

  1. Roselyne26 September 2024 at 22:19

    This is a really nice poem. Well enjambed to probably reflect the spontaneity of the shared emotions. I love how the Caesura brings about the pause, somehow portrays the juxtapose of the two lives; the jealous and the persona’s.
    Keep doing it, my brother Mike!

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  2. Anonymous27 September 2024 at 13:03

    Whatever she has said

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