Letter To Emotion Poem by Lieketseng Ntsala

Yes, I think like you
Yes, I think about you more than I ought to
Yes, I want to kiss you
Yes, Yes, Yes!
Yes, I have a man
Yes, it is complicated – something not even I understand
Yes, I smile when I think about you
Yes, I want to call you but I cannot because I do not want to 'chase' after you
Yes, I want to call you in the middle of the night
Say something dumb just so I can hear you laugh

Don't act dumb
You know I am smiling as I write this right now…
These are all the things that as much as I want you to –
You will never get to hear me say
I know I am going away but would isht be any different if I stayed.

Thing is the other night… something changed
At first, it felt like the attraction was mutual but now it is like…
It is like we sleeping in the same bed
Each one right on the edge of their end (lol)
You wont say anything
I wont either

Every time I am around you
…'you give me fever' (lol)
I get all tongue tied and I start giggling like an 8th grader
Please don't get ahead of yourself
This isn'tt love
I have LIVED through something MUCH greater

This brings me to my letters end
Our end
Yes, I love him
Yes, I might probably feel this way coz My Love's heart has been paralyzed
After 8 years, there is just one truth I have realised
I would rather leave him than to cheat on him
BESIDES your dreamy self has a girl anyway


YES, I heard!
Simatla kiwena!