Tongue-Tied Poem by Mhawi Rosero

and so i waited
but this time, i won’t write about love
it can’t be written.

not through a song
i can’t find the perfect note
and i can’t
no, i won’t express it in any other way
there’s no color that could paint it, no lyrical note to quote it.

this is not a love poem
it won’t tell you how much i love you
or why i happen to choose you as my love

it is just a doodle of words, never meant to be poetic
however tempting
i can’t write a masterpiece about you

and so i waited to scribble again
this time, i won’t write about love
it can’t be written.

i can’t write about you
i can only say that i come to love you.