Letter To My Ex Poem by Nkosiyazi Kan Kanjiri

Dear X
You know,
I always lament the passing of time.
How it gnaws moments we desire eternal.
I wonder why the sun rises and sinks
Because for me, when it fell,
It kissed the horizon with a thud
Too quick, before time.
Hysterical shadows stung my mind.
Darkness crept over moments cherished.
Blinded eyes envisioned darkness that ensued, clearly.
A vision that sent arrows of light to my mind.
How they stubbornly clung, unwelcomed,
And reminded me of a youthful egoism that drove me into believing I was in love.
Oh love is always a visitor.
That kind you welcome with outstretched arms
And with the blinking of an eye,
Vanishes into thin air like dew in the morning.

Yours in love, then and now