Friend Zone Poem by cebolenkosi kubheka

Growing up I was told
About the existence of a certain affection
This tale was told
to me, in preparation
As I was getting old
Back then it seemed like fiction

That was until
I met her
In a spare of a moment
She swept me off the ground
Took my breath away
And I fell hard and deeply
In love with her

The fire in her eyes
Burning so bright
As a candle in darkness
Love at first sight, or so I thought
Who is she, an angel perhaps a Princes?
A new creature was born in my heart

This is tense
A feeling so immense
So this was the affection
I was told about
I knew from the start
This was something
I have no control over

Days went by
I got a chance to say hi
Now and then
But, that wasn't enough
I wanted more

Scared to come close
But I knew I had to
Been chatting for a while
Seen each other several times
I guess it was going to be easy
As the picture of her
Being my girlfriend was-
growing in my mind

So was the feeling
Growing in her...
The feeling of me being
A close friend
Today I got to endure
The torture of sitting in the sidelines
And wait for her find prince charming

I can no longer be that
I already have a role
In her life
I am her friend now
Nothing more, nothing less