What If I Wanted To Keep You Forever Poem by Sakhile Junior Mndzebele

What if I wanted to keep you forever?
What if letting go brought me a fever?
Because I'd be swimming in a pool of tears.
Never seeing you is the first of my worst fears.
I guess I have to quit crying, and accept reality is coming.
I can't stop you from leaving, even if I stopped living.
It really is ending, I better accept defeat.
The next is coming; I have to embrace my fate.
You were pleasant, though some days I wished you weren't present.
You are on your way out and some one will make their way in.
I'll miss you, but soon I'll learn to forget.
Forgetting you will never erase your existence