The Tales Sinless Prisoner Poem by Hafeni Nghidinua

I've loved you for the longest time
I told you on a summer's night
Your love for me was Philia
But losing me would be rife

So I took my emotions by the throat
And locked them up like a rogue
Turned a lying smile into my vogue
And we acted as though you didn't know

Your heart belonged to another
"A man of good charm and nature"
As you'd describe him to me everyday
So my prisoner would be well behaved
But one day my emotions escaped
And were confessed to you in a haste
You hurt them back into their place
And I quietly smiled in pain

I went quiet on you that day
And for months I did not say
A single word to you and then
Out of the blue I popped in your head

Your heart was chained no longer
The man that was once your lover
The "man of good charm and nature"
Had burnt your heart with ember
And you turned to me for comfort

And I being me was saddened
That your joy was turned into ashes
And I offered you my shoulder
It was soft and somewhat warmer
I saw your yellow cheeks redden
And our eager lips had a meeting
My heart was fast and ecstatic
And my prisoner free at last

But you told me you were not ready
I had to pay for the mistakes of another
From your life I was to be banished
For the crimes of your previous lover

I had only myself to blame for this
I was a bit too understanding
When you told me you weren't ready
I locked down my selfish feelings
You see I could have knelt and begged
But I knew were that road had led
A relationship sweet and red
But with a very bitter end
Cause you and I were broken
So I suggested that we be friends
But you saw me as nothing but poison
So you showed me the door and I left
Then my heart would have me remember
What my mind would rather forget
How my heart was hurt before
And filled with nothing but pain
But I am and full grown adult
Almost 24 years in fact
I understand why you did what you did
In fact I applaud you for it

Though I pay for the sins of others
I am happy to see you evolve
I hope you find happiness wherever
You search for it my love
Though my joy turned sunder when you kissed me
My heart will relish the moment
So wish I you nothing but happiness
In your pursuit of enlightenment

I have set free my prisoner
He smiles and thanks me still
And though you gave me the cold shoulder
I know I'll. be fine as well
So I wish you nothing but happiness
On the life's path you chose
And I will take a different path
And hope that the two never cross