Do You? Poem by gloria wekesa

DO YOU?


Anytime am with you, I am so happy
Even if it’s just for a short time.
What it is that you do to me
I cannot even begin to decipher the feelings.
I see you from across the table,
I want to hug you maybe kiss you
But I cannot, so what’s stopping me?

I pass you on the streets but I am
With my friends.
I pretend I don’t know you, but give you the secret smile.
You smile back, what’s that my heart does? It leaps!
I want to hug you maybe kiss you
But I cannot, so what’s stopping me?

I saw you today, and damn! You looked so sexy,
Then you waved at me and came to talk to me,
I was speechless.
You are such a gorgeous person,
You actually do make up my dreams at times.
I want to hug you maybe kiss you
But I cannot, so what’s stopping me?

I cannot because I belong to someone else.
He is so good to me and loves me,
He has been there for me through thick and thin,
He knows what makes me smile and laughs,
He holds me during the cold lonely nights,
He gives me his shoulder to lean on when I need it.
How do I jeopardize all this because of you?
Tell me how do I do it?
Do you now know, why I cannot
Hug you, kiss you or spend a lot of time
With you?
Do you?