An Ode To Poetry Poem by Sir Tshiamo Modise

LOVING HER IS AN ACT I’LL NEVER ABDICATE
SHE IS CLOSE TO MY HEART
LIKE A WARM HOME HUT
I’D NEVER MORTGAGE EVEN TO A BANK I APPRECIATE

I’VE NEVER MET SOMEONE WHO ABASED THEMSELVES THE WAY THAT SHE DOES
THAT IS WHY I AM NOT ABASHED TO HAVE SERENADED AN ODE
FOR HER TO ACCEPT FOR THE ENTIRE PLAY OF MY LIFE’S EPISODE
I’M READY TO DO WHATEVER SHE DOES AND GO WHERE EVER SHE GOES

SHE RESURRECTED NUMB ORGANS IN ME, TURNED ME INTO A LYRICAL NUDIST THAT SPEAKS NOT ONLY THE NAKED
TRUTH BUT ALSO SPITS MEDICINE THROUGH A BALL POINTED
INK SYRINGE, SPREAD IT TO PAPER ANTI RACIALLY VERY WIDE
IN BLACK AND WHITE TO CURE THOSE WHO HAVE A PROBLEM SWALLOWING THEIR PRIDE

I’VE NEVER DOUBTED HER INSTEAD I LOVED HER
FROM THE MINUTE I WAS INTRODUCED TO HER
IT WAS INDEED A BITE OF LOVE AT FIRST RECITE
LEAVING NO ISSUE FOR MY MIND AND HEART TO DEBATE

SHE RAN THROUGH MY VEINS IN TUNE WITH THE DRUM BEAT
OF MY HEART
PUNCHLINES FLOWING LIKE A NON VISCOUS FLUID FLOWING THROUGH A SMOOTH PIPELINE
FOR THE FIRST TIME I EXPRESSED MY LOVE FOR SOMEONE WITHOUT HAVING BUTTERFLIES IN MY INTESTINE

SHE LIVES ON LIKE SONG THAT REFUSES TO EXPIRE MY DESIRE, I’LL NEVER RETIRE
ON THE CONTRARY I’LL SURRENDER MYSELF TO YOU LIKE SOULS
THAT LONG FOR OR REQUIRE
FROM MESSIAH THE FIRE TO BURN SINS AND ACQUIRE BLESSINGS