Shuttered Dreams Poem by Richard Phiri

Its four past midnight,
The sun is yet to set but its already dark, and i find myself shuffling my way through this narrow road filled with dust,
Slowly, slowly i'm trudging my way home face down with a lot of stress on my shoulders,
The nibus clouds clad the sun raise as lightening flashes right before the thunder
Am scared abit i can't lie to you i hit a temporary break before negotiating my next step,
It starts to drizzle i can feel the rains gently pattering on my neck and face
With no hesitation i begin to lengthen my stride
She just said we done just like that
With no reason, its hard to tell whose wrong but she still left because she thought it was right
Letting go was more convenient for her but at the expense of my heart hitting a nasty fall and now am all broken
Cupid should have warned me that taking the arrow out would leave my heart bleeding and now am dying slowly because she's the reason i have been living
See
She taught me a lot of things and pain is one of them
But it was my decision to stay in class guess i gat no one to blame
Yes i was in love
With my vision impaired it was quite obvious that my judgment would be compromised
I was too blind to see that the path i took led me right to sea
Trapped in solali waters and she was the ruthless pirate who sunk my ship when she threwCanon balls at me
She said to me boo i will forever have my back but little did i know she meant with a knife
Stuck deep in,
See only the ones you love so much posses the potential to hurt you as much that's the irony of life and for me reality just checked in
My heart is heavenly wounded and time will be the dog leaking these cuts until i heal
Love gives strength but at times it can be your Achilles heel
Because she was my kryptonite evenwhen she had left
I admit i had hope of a future with herbut now i gat shattered dreams
She took my peace away because my nights are now full of haunted dreams
On this same bed i lay lies memories of us, times i would call her and chart our way through to the break of dawn
The very things that witnessed our love blossom now break me down
We played in the rains but now i just stay in the rains so nobody would see my tears as they fall
Since you left i have been afraid to open the doors to my heart but now i feel its time to let my fears go
Its time my heart finds love again

#Jae