Pairs Of Affairs Poem by Andile Nozibusiso Mtshali

They made a good pair.

It wasnt just another affair.

She gave him her love as a breast

where he could rest.



Gave her life a twist the day he kissed her toungue

living her hung.

She thought sweet

how they came to meet.



She, walking the night like an owl,

he searching in the dark for his soul.

She was his shrine

and together they would do just fine.



Making the night as bright as day.

Kissed all troubles away.

Dressing their fears

with tears of laughter



as they covored themselves with a love finer than silk,

smoother than milk.

Dying their lips

red with sips



of wine as they dined under trees

as green as peas.

She knew he had wiped away all her fears

with just the fall of his tears.


All the hurt disappeared.

He too knew he had her right down to her root.

And for him life would be good

like old polished wood.