Moments Past Time Poem by Lundi Ncuthu

The garden of my love is prickling
With loneliness creeping behind shadows
Of my once spirited soul, my heart clamours
And is awakened for the first time and weeps
For you, your heart is now a red flower
That I water every day and with drops
Of tears, my eyes recall how beautiful
You were before them, and how you gleamed
Like the shooting stars and the morning sun
The red fiery ball of light in the west
And the fireflies and the Midnight's rain
You were beautiful

You were a medallion
Your eyes fiery like two balls of light
Your smiles as bright as the rainbow
You were beautifully uncompared
But your expectations were too deep
I jumped amidst the deep oceans
To pluck them, but I drowned in the
Process and you didn't care
I searched across paths of the dead
And overstepped my morals for you
I just wanted to see you smile

I fell onto the wrong path
However I was hopeful and undismayed
I dug my claws onto the setting sun
And watched the beautiful day
Change into something mysterious
and dangerous, and I related to you
That something so beautiful
Could crush my soul
And ruthlessly dagger my heart
With your expectations insincerely
And the rain washed it all away